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title: Taking guides, therefore, from among his Christian captives, he set… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Taking guides, therefore, from among his Christian captives, he set out to subdue such parts of the country as had not been visited by Taric. Who acts: Muza, Taric. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 11

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Taking guides, therefore, from among his Christian captives, he set out to subdue such parts of the country as had not been visited by Taric.

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**Who acts:** Muza, Taric · **What happens:** take, set out, subdue, not visit · **To what, where:** guides, Christian captives, such parts

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muza, Taric), 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:pg77685:28:11
# text = Taking guides, therefore, from among his Christian captives, he set out to subdue such parts of the country as had not been visited by Taric.
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
2	guides	guide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	captives	captive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	subdue	subdue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
17	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	as	as	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
25	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	visited	visit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	_
27	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund | Muza *not said here* | guides |  | Muza's Christian captives |  | therefore *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent guide=Theme from captive=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **set out** | past | Muza |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **subdue** | to-infinitive | Muza *not said here* | such parts of the country |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **visit** | past · perfect · passive | Taric |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «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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