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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 (Taric, female, mole, verity), 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:pg77685:11:32 # text = Taric listened to the old beldame with grave attention; and, when she had concluded, he laid bare his shoulder, and lo! there was the mole as it had been described; his right arm, also, was, in verity, found to exceed the other in length, though not to the degree that had been mentioned. 1 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 beldame beldame NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 concluded conclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 bare bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 lo lo INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 also also ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 verity verity NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 exceed exceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 though though SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 parataxis _ _ 61 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | Taric | Taric's right arm | | | | to the old beldame with grave attention | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to beldame=Theme | | 2 | **conclude** | past · perfect | female | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **lay** | past | Taric | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | infinitive | Taric *not said here* | Taric's shoulder | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoulder=Patient | | 5 | **be** | past | the mole | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **describe** | past · perfect · passive | | mole | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | verity | | | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | participle | | verity *not said here* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **exceed** | to-infinitive | verity *not said here* | the other | | | | in length; the degree *parataxis* | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot other=Theme in length=Attribute | | 10 | **mention** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the degree | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/33/) - ↑ back to [Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/)