--- title: The plot thus suggested by Count Julian received the unholy sanction… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The plot thus suggested by Count Julian received the unholy sanction of Bishop Oppas, who engaged to aid it secretly with all his influence and means: for he had great wealth and possessions, and many retainers. Who acts: plot, unholy sanction. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (plot, unholy sanction), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:9:66 # text = The plot thus suggested by Count Julian received the unholy sanction of Bishop Oppas, who engaged to aid it secretly with all his influence and means: for he had great wealth and possessions, and many retainers. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plot plot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 suggested suggest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 unholy unholy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sanction sanction NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Bishop Bishop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 Oppas Oppas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 engaged engage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 retainers retainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | participle | | the plot *not said here* | | | | by Count Julian; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **receive** | past | the plot | the unholy sanction of Bishop | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sanction=Theme | | 3 | **engage** | past | the unholy sanction of Bishop | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 4 | **aid** | to-infinitive | the unholy sanction of Bishop *not said here* | sanction | | | | with plot's influence; secretly *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary with influence=Theme | | 5 | **mean** | present | the unholy sanction of Bishop *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | plot | great wealth and possessions | | | | many retainers *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Patient | | 7 | **sanction** | | | Bishop | | | | | nom sanction «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/67/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/)