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title: For this purpose their own force would be sufficient; but they might… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: For this purpose their own force would be sufficient; but they might procure the aid of Muza ben Nosier, the Arabian general, in Mauritania, who would no doubt gladly send a part of his troops into Spain to assist in the enterprise. Who acts: own force, purposes. A sentence of «Legends of the conque
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 65

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For this purpose their own force would be sufficient; but they might procure the aid of Muza ben Nosier, the Arabian general, in Mauritania, who would no doubt gladly send a part of his troops into Spain to assist in the enterprise.

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**Who acts:** own force, purposes · **What happens:** be, procure, not doubt, send, assist · **To what, where:** aid, part, Mauritania, enterprise

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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 (own force, purposes), 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:pg77685:9:65
# text = For this purpose their own force would be sufficient; but they might procure the aid of Muza ben Nosier, the Arabian general, in Mauritania, who would no doubt gladly send a part of his troops into Spain to assist in the enterprise.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	procure	procure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	_
20	Nosier	Nosier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Mauritania	Mauritania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
30	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	no	no	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	doubt	doubt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
33	gladly	gladly	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	36	nmod	_	_
40	into	into	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | purposes's own force |  |  |  |  | for this purpose; sufficient *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **procure** | might | purposes *= purpose* | the aid of Muza |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **doubt** | would |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **send** | infinitive | purposes *= purpose* *not said here* | a part of Mauritania's troops |  | Mauritania |  | into Spain; gladly *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent part=Theme in mauritania=Destination |
| 5 | **assist** | to-infinitive | purposes *= purpose* *not said here* |  |  | the enterprise |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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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