--- title: When Sacarus, the governor of Merida, appeared before him, he lauded… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When Sacarus, the governor of Merida, appeared before him, he lauded him greatly for the skill and courage he had displayed in the defence of his city; and, taking off his own scimitar, which was of great value, girded it upon him with his own hands. Who acts: Sacarus, own scimitar. 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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 (Sacarus, own scimitar), 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:pg77685:30:74 # text = When Sacarus, the governor of Merida, appeared before him, he lauded him greatly for the skill and courage he had displayed in the defence of his city; and, taking off his own scimitar, which was of great value, girded it upon him with his own hands. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 2 Sacarus Sacarus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Merida Merida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 lauded laud VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 displayed display VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 scimitar scimitar NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 girded gird VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | Sacarus | | | | before Merida | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 2 | **laud** | past | Sacarus | Merida | | | | for the skill and courage; greatly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for skill=Attribute | | 3 | **display** | past · perfect | Sacarus | courage *not said here* | | the defence of Sacarus's city | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 4 | **take off** | gerund | Sacarus *not said here* | Sacarus's own scimitar and great value | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scimitar=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Sacarus's own scimitar and great value | | | | | of great value | tree rules | | 6 | **gird** | past | Sacarus *not said here* | City | | | | upon Sacarus; with Sacarus's own hands | tree rules | | 7 | **defend** | | | Sacarus's city | | | | | nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/75/) - ↑ back to [Muza Besieges the City of Merida.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/30/)