--- title: Count Julian undertook to proceed to Africa, and seek the camp of Mu… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Count Julian undertook to proceed to Africa, and seek the camp of Muza, to negotiate for his aid, while the bishop was to keep about the person of King Roderick, and lead him into the net prepared for him. Who acts: you, Julian, bishop, net. 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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 (you, Julian, bishop, net), 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:pg77685:9:68 # text = Count Julian undertook to proceed to Africa, and seek the camp of Muza, to negotiate for his aid, while the bishop was to keep about the person of King Roderick, and lead him into the net prepared for him. 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 seek seek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 negotiate negotiate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **undertake** | past | Julian | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | Julian *not said here* | | Africa | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **seek** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the camp of Muza | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme | | 5 | **negotiate** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for JULIAN's aid | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the bishop | | | | | about the person of King; keep *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **lead** | infinitive | you *not said here* | bishop | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **prepare** | past | the net | | | | | for JULIAN | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/69/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/)