--- title: They returned to the city, therefore, scoffing at an invader who see… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: They returned to the city, therefore, scoffing at an invader who seemed fitter to lean on a crutch than wield a lance; and the terms offered by Muza, which would otherwise have been thought favourable, were scornfully rejected by the inhabitants. Who acts: devils, invader, inhabitants. 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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 (devils, invader, inhabitants), 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:pg77685:30:51 # text = They returned to the city, therefore, scoffing at an invader who seemed fitter to lean on a crutch than wield a lance; and the terms offered by Muza, which would otherwise have been thought favourable, were scornfully rejected by the inhabitants. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 scoffing scoff VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 invader invader NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 fitter fit ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 lean lean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 crutch crutch NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 wield wield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 terms term NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 29 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 39 favourable favourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 42 scornfully scornfully ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 rejected reject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | devils *= devil* | the terms | | | | to the city *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to city=Result | | 2 | **scoff** | gerund | devils *= devil* *not said here* | | | a invader | | therefore *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seem** | past | a invader | | | | | fit *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lean** | to-infinitive | a invader *not said here* | | | a crutch | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on crutch=Location | | 5 | **wield** | infinitive | a invader *not said here* | a lance | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lance=Theme | | 6 | **offer** | participle | | the terms *not said here* | | | | by Muza | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | would · perfect · passive | devils *= devil* *not said here* | the terms | | | | favourable, otherwise *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: which=Theme | | 8 | **reject** | past · passive | the inhabitants | the terms *not said here* | | | | scornfully *property* | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/52/) - ↑ back to [Muza Besieges the City of Merida.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/)