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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 (delight, name, appellation), 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:pg77685:10:24 # text = He was a native of Damascus; his name was Taric ben Zeyad; but, from having lost an eye, he was known among the Spaniards by the appellation of Taric el Tuerto, or Taric the one-eyed. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 native native NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 ben ben NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 13 Zeyad Zeyad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 from from SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 26 among among ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Spaniards Spaniard PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 appellation appellation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 el El PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 Tuerto Tuerto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | delight | a native and Taric ben | | | | of Damascus | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | delight's name | Taric ben | | | | Zeyad *appos* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | gerund | the appellation of Taric el *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** | participle | the appellation of Taric el *not said here* | a eye | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Eventuality | | 5 | **know** | past · passive | the appellation of Taric el | delight | | | | among the Spaniards | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **name** | | delight | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/25/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/)