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title: By this means they would visit the sins of the tyrant upon his head,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: By this means they would visit the sins of the tyrant upon his head, and, at the same time, restore the regal honours to their line. Who acts: this, sons, you. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every c
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 64

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By this means they would visit the sins of the tyrant upon his head, and, at the same time, restore the regal honours to their line.

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**Who acts:** this, sons, you · **What happens:** mean, visit, restore · **To what, where:** sins, regal honours, line · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, sons, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:9:64
# text = By this means they would visit the sins of the tyrant upon his head, and, at the same time, restore the regal honours to their line.
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sins	sin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tyrant	tyrant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	restore	restore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	regal	regal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	honours	honour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **visit** | would | sons *= son* | the sins of the tyrant |  |  |  | upon Witiza's head | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **restore** | imperative | you *not said here* | the regal honours | sons's line |  | time |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent honour=Theme to line=Recipient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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**Text:** «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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