--- title: The anger of Muza, however, was not to be appeased; and he trusted t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The anger of Muza, however, was not to be appeased; and he trusted to justify his measures by despatching missives to the caliph, complaining of the insubordination of Taric, and his rash and headlong conduct. Who acts: Muza, rash. 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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 (Muza, rash), 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:pg77685:32:34 # text = The anger of Muza, however, was not to be appeased; and he trusted to justify his measures by despatching missives to the caliph, complaining of the insubordination of Taric, and his rash and headlong conduct. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 appeased appease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 justify justify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 by by SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 despatching despatch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 23 missives missive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 complaining complain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 insubordination insubordination NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 rash rash NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 40 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past · passive | | | | | | the anger of Muza *obl:unmarked*; appease, however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **trust** | past | Muza | Taric's rash's conduct | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **justify** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Muza *not said here* | Muza's measures | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Topic | | 4 | **despatch** | gerund | Muza *not said here* | missives | | | | to the caliph | tree rules | | 5 | **complain** *speech: other* | gerund | Muza *not said here* | | | | | of the insubordination of Taric | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **anger** | | Muza | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **measure** | | Muza | | | | | | nom measure «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **conduct** | | Taric's rash | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/35/) - ↑ back to [Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/)