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title: When Muza ben Nozier had sent his son Abdalasis to subdue Seville, h… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: When Muza ben Nozier had sent his son Abdalasis to subdue Seville, he departed for Toledo, to call Taric to account for his disobedience to his orders; for, amidst all his own successes, the prosperous career of that commander preyed upon his mind. Who acts: Muza, own successes. A sentence of «Legen
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 1

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When Muza ben Nozier had sent his son Abdalasis to subdue Seville, he departed for Toledo, to call Taric to account for his disobedience to his orders; for, amidst all his own successes, the prosperous career of that commander preyed upon his mind.

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**Who acts:** Muza, own successes · **What happens:** send, subdue, depart, call, prey, disobey · **To what, where:** Muza, Seville, Taric · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muza, own successes), 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:pg77685:32:1
# text = When Muza ben Nozier had sent his son Abdalasis to subdue Seville, he departed for Toledo, to call Taric to account for his disobedience to his orders; for, amidst all his own successes, the prosperous career of that commander preyed upon his mind.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
2	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	Nozier	Nozier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	subdue	subdue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	Seville	Seville	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
21	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	xcomp	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	amidst	amidst	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
34	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	37	det:predet	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
36	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	successes	success	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	prosperous	prosperous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	det	_	_
44	commander	commander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
45	preyed	prey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
46	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	45	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | Muza |  |  |  | Muza's son *obj* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination son=Theme |
| 2 | **subdue** | to-infinitive |  | Seville |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seville=Patient |
| 3 | **depart** | past | Muza |  |  |  |  | for Toledo | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **call** | to-infinitive | Muza *not said here* | Taric |  |  |  | for Muza's disobedience; to Muza's orders; account *xcomp* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent taric=Theme for disobedience=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **prey** | past | Muza's own successes |  |  |  |  | upon Muza's mind | tree rules |
| 6 | **disobey** |  | Muza |  |  |  |  |  | nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **order** |  | Muza |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **mind** |  | Muza |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition 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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