--- title: Nay, so high an opinion did he conceive of the subtle wisdom of this… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Nay, so high an opinion did he conceive of the subtle wisdom of this commander, that he permitted him to remain in authority over the surrounding country, on his acknowledging allegiance and engaging to pay tribute to the caliph; and all that part of Spain, comprising the beautiful provinces of Murc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/93/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Sevill…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/) / 93 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 93 Nay, so high an opinion did he conceive of the subtle wisdom of this commander, that he permitted him to remain in authority over the surrounding country, on his acknowledging allegiance and engaging to pay tribute to the caliph; and all that part of Spain, comprising the beautiful provinces of Murcia and Valencia, was long after known by the Arabic name of its defender, and is still recorded in Arabian chronicles as “The land of Tadmir.” **Who acts:** high opinion, opinion, Abdalasis · **What happens:** conceive, permit, remain, acknowledge, engage, pay · **To what, where:** Abdalasis, authority, allegiance, tribute, beautiful provinces, Arabian chronicles This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (high opinion, opinion, Abdalasis), 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:pg77685:31:93 # text = Nay, so high an opinion did he conceive of the subtle wisdom of this commander, that he permitted him to remain in authority over the surrounding country, on his acknowledging allegiance and engaging to pay tribute to the caliph; and all that part of Spain, comprising the beautiful provinces of Murcia and Valencia, was long after known by the Arabic name of its defender, and is still recorded in Arabian chronicles as “The land of Tadmir.” 1 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 conceive conceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 subtle subtle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 permitted permit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 surrounding surrounding NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 on on SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 acknowledging acknowledge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 34 allegiance allegiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 engaging engage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 tribute tribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 comprising comprise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 provinces province NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Murcia Murcia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 Valencia Valencia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 62 after after SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 63 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 advcl _ _ 64 by by ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 Arabic arabic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 defender defender NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux:pass _ _ 74 still still ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 Arabian Arabian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 chronicles chronicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 obl _ _ 79 as as ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 80 “ " PUNCT `` _ 82 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 84 Tadmir Tadmir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 82 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceive** | past · do-support | a high opinion | | | | | of the subtle wisdom of this commander; opinion *nsubj*; all part of Spain *parataxis* | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **permit** | past | opinion | Abdalasis | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | opinion *not said here* | | | authority | | over the surrounding country | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in authority=Location | | 4 | **acknowledge** | gerund | Abdalasis | allegiance | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allegiance=Topic | | 5 | **engage** | gerund | Abdalasis *not said here* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 6 | **pay** | to-infinitive | Abdalasis *not said here* | tribute | | | | to the caliph | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribute=Asset | | 7 | **comprise** | gerund | a high opinion *not said here* | the beautiful provinces of Murcia and Valencia | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme province=Pivot | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **know** | participle | | | | | | by the Arabic name of name's defender | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **record** | present · passive | | | | Arabian chronicles | still | as the land of Tadmir | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in chronicle=Destination | | 11 | **name** | | | name's defender | | | | | nom name «communication 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/94/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)