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title: The anger of the Arab commander was still more kindled at the sight… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The anger of the Arab commander was still more kindled at the sight of this booty, for it proved how splendid had been the victories of Taric; but he restrained his wrath for the present, and they proceeded together in moody silence to Toledo. Who acts: anger, commander, victories, Arab commander. A
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 15

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The anger of the Arab commander was still more kindled at the sight of this booty, for it proved how splendid had been the victories of Taric; but he restrained his wrath for the present, and they proceeded together in moody silence to Toledo.

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**Who acts:** anger, commander, victories, Arab commander · **What happens:** be, prove, restrain, proceed, anger, sight · **To what, where:** sight, splendid victories, wrath, moody silence, booty

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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 (anger, commander, victories, Arab commander), 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:pg77685:32:15
# text = The anger of the Arab commander was still more kindled at the sight of this booty, for it proved how splendid had been the victories of Taric; but he restrained his wrath for the present, and they proceeded together in moody silence to Toledo.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	commander	commander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	kindled	kindle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	booty	booty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	proved	prove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
21	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
22	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
24	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	victories	victory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	restrained	restrain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	wrath	wrath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	proceeded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
42	together	together	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	moody	moody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the anger of the Arab commander |  |  | the sight of this booty | still | kindle *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **prove** | past | anger |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past · perfect |  | the splendid victories |  |  |  | of Taric | tree rules |
| 4 | **restrain** | past | commander | commander's wrath |  |  |  | for the present | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer wrath=Eventuality |
| 5 | **proceed** | past | victories *= victory* |  |  | moody silence to Toledo |  | together *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **anger** |  | the Arab commander |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
| 7 | **sight** |  |  | this booty |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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