--- title: As Muza passed through the land, towns and cities submitted to him w… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: As Muza passed through the land, towns and cities submitted to him without resistance; he was lost in wonder at the riches of the country, and the noble monuments of art with which it was adorned: when he beheld the bridges, constructed in ancient times by the Romans, they seemed to him the work, no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/3/) [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/) / [Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Betw…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/) / 3 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 3 As Muza passed through the land, towns and cities submitted to him without resistance; he was lost in wonder at the riches of the country, and the noble monuments of art with which it was adorned: when he beheld the bridges, constructed in ancient times by the Romans, they seemed to him the work, not of men, but of genii. **Who acts:** Muza, towns, monuments · **What happens:** pass, submit, lose, adorn, behold, construct · **To what, where:** land, Muza, wonder, noble monuments, bridges, work 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, towns, monuments), 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:pg77685:32:3 # text = As Muza passed through the land, towns and cities submitted to him without resistance; he was lost in wonder at the riches of the country, and the noble monuments of art with which it was adorned: when he beheld the bridges, constructed in ancient times by the Romans, they seemed to him the work, not of men, but of genii. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 submitted submit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 resistance resistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 monuments monument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bridges bridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 47 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 but but CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 genii genii NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | Muza | | | the land | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through land=Location | | 2 | **submit** | past | towns and cities | | Muza | | | without resistance | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot | | 3 | **lose** | past · passive | | Muza | | wonder | | at the riches of the country | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **adorn** | past · passive | | the noble monuments | | | | of art; which *obl* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with which=Theme | | 5 | **behold** | past | Muza | the bridges | | | | genii *conj* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus | | 6 | **construct** | participle | Muza *not said here* | | | | time | the Romans *obl:agent* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **seem** | past | monuments *= monument* | the work | Muza | | | of men | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme work=Attribute | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/4/) - ↑ back to [Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/)