--- title: Taric heard of his approach, and came forth to meet him at Talavera,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Taric heard of his approach, and came forth to meet him at Talavera, accompanied by many of the most distinguished companions of his victories, and with a train of horses and mules laden with spoils, with which he trusted to propitiate the favour of his commander. Who acts: Taric. 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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), 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:pg77685:32:5 # text = Taric heard of his approach, and came forth to meet him at Talavera, accompanied by many of the most distinguished companions of his victories, and with a train of horses and mules laden with spoils, with which he trusted to propitiate the favour of his commander. 1 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 approach approach NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 forth forth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Talavera Talavera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 22 advmod _ _ 22 distinguished distinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 24 of of 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 victories victory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 mules mule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 36 laden laden VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 spoils spoil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 propitiate propitiate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Taric | | | | | of Taric's approach | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of approach=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past | Taric *not said here* | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Taric *not said here* | Taric | | Talavera | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **accompany** | participle | Taric *not said here* | | | | | by many of the distinguished companions of Taric's victories | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by many=Destination | | 5 | **laden** | present | | | | | | with a train of horses and mules | tree rules | | 6 | **spoil** | present | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **trust** | past | Taric | | | | | which *obl* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **propitiate** | to-infinitive | Taric *not said here* | the favour of Taric's commander | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **approach** | | Taric | | | | | | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **favour** | | | Taric's commander | | | | | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/6/) - ↑ back to [Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/)