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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 8

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There first he received intelligence of the disobedience of Taric to his orders, and that, without waiting his arrival, the impetuous chieftain had continued his career, and with his light Arab squadrons had overrun and subdued the noblest provinces and cities of the kingdom.

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**Who acts:** Muza, that, arrival · **What happens:** receive, wait, continue, overrun, subdue, disobey · **To what, where:** intelligence, arrival, impetuous chieftain, noblest provinces, Taric

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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, that, arrival), 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:pg77685:28:8
# text = There first he received intelligence of the disobedience of Taric to his orders, and that, without waiting his arrival, the impetuous chieftain had continued his career, and with his light Arab squadrons had overrun and subdued the noblest provinces and cities of the kingdom.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	impetuous	impetuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl:relcl	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
34	light	light	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
35	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	squadrons	squadron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	overrun	overrun	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	subdued	subdue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	noblest	noble	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	43	amod	_	_
43	provinces	province	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | Muza | intelligence of the disobedience of Taric |  | there |  | to Muza's orders; first *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intelligence=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | that | Muza's arrival |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **continue** | past · perfect · passive | Muza's arrival *not said here* | the impetuous chieftain |  |  |  | Muza's career *obj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **overrun** | past · perfect | Muza *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Muza's light Arab squadrons | tree rules |
| 5 | **subdue** | past | Muza *not said here* | the noblest provinces and cities of the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent province=Patient |
| 6 | **disobey** |  |  | Taric |  |  |  |  | nom disobedience «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **order** |  | Muza |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **arrive** |  | Muza |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=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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