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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 (Taric, best, Muza), 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:pg77685:32:11 # text = “I have acted,” replied Taric, “in such manner as I thought would best serve the cause of Islam; and in so doing I thought to fulfil the wishes of Muza. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 acted act VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 nsubj _ _ 19 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Islam Islam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wishes wish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Taric | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Taric | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Taric | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **serve** *in a quote* | would | best | the cause of Islam | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Attribute | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | Taric *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Taric | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Taric *not said here* | the wishes of Muza | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cause** *in a quote* | | | Islam | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **wish** *in a quote* | | Muza | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: of=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/12/) - ↑ back to [Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/)