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title: As the Arab chieftain eyed the place, he was pleased with its stern… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: As the Arab chieftain eyed the place, he was pleased with its stern warrior look, contrasting with the smiling beauty of its vega, and the freshness and voluptuous abundance of its hills and valleys. Who acts: Arab chieftain, chieftain, stern warrior. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain»
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 8

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As the Arab chieftain eyed the place, he was pleased with its stern warrior look, contrasting with the smiling beauty of its vega, and the freshness and voluptuous abundance of its hills and valleys.

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**Who acts:** Arab chieftain, chieftain, stern warrior · **What happens:** eye, be, look, contrast, smile · **To what, where:** place

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Arab chieftain, chieftain, stern warrior), 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:pg77685:23:8
# text = As the Arab chieftain eyed the place, he was pleased with its stern warrior look, contrasting with the smiling beauty of its vega, and the freshness and voluptuous abundance of its hills and valleys.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	eyed	eye	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	contrasting	contrast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	amod	_	_
22	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	vega	vega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	freshness	freshness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	voluptuous	voluptuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	abundance	abundance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	valleys	valley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eye** | past | the Arab chieftain | the place |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | chieftain |  |  |  |  | the freshness and voluptuous abundance of warrior's hills and valleys *parataxis*; pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | place's stern warrior |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **contrast** | gerund | place's stern warrior *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the smiling beauty of warrior's vega | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with beauty=Co-Patient |
| 5 | **smile** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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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