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title: The ambassadors came into the presence of Muza with awe; for they ex… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 47

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The ambassadors came into the presence of Muza with awe; for they expected to find a fierce and formidable warrior in one who had filled the land with terror: but, to their astonishment, they beheld an ancient and venerable man, with white hair, a snowy beard, and a pale emaciated countenance.

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**Who acts:** ambassadors · **What happens:** come, expect, find, fill, behold, emaciate · **To what, where:** presence, fierce warrior, land, ancient man

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Besieges the City of Merida.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ambassadors), 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:pg77685:30:47
# text = The ambassadors came into the presence of Muza with awe; for they expected to find a fierce and formidable warrior in one who had filled the land with terror: but, to their astonishment, they beheld an ancient and venerable man, with white hair, a snowy beard, and a pale emaciated countenance.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	awe	awe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	expected	expect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	formidable	formidable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
21	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nmod	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
25	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
32	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	astonishment	astonishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	beheld	behold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
40	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
41	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	venerable	venerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	conj	_	_
44	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
56	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
57	emaciated	emaciate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	amod	_	_
58	countenance	countenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the ambassadors |  |  | the presence of Muza with awe |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into presence=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **expect** | past | ambassadors *= ambassador* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ambassadors *= ambassador* *not said here* | a fierce warrior |  |  |  | in one | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Topic |
| 4 | **fill** | past · perfect |  | the land |  |  |  | with terror; who *nsubj* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent land=Patient with terror=Instrument |
| 5 | **behold** | past | ambassadors *= ambassador* | a ancient man |  |  |  | to ambassadors's astonishment; with white hair and a snowy beard; a pale emaciated countenance *obl* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |
| 6 | **emaciate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **astonish** |  | ambassadors *= ambassador* |  |  |  |  |  | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: 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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