--- title: Muza, in former days, while Taric had acted as his subordinate and i… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Muza, in former days, while Taric had acted as his subordinate and indefatigable officer, had cherished and considered him as a second self; but now that he had started up to be a rival, he could not conceal his jealousy. Who acts: Taric, Muza. 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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, 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:pg77685:32:7 # text = Muza, in former days, while Taric had acted as his subordinate and indefatigable officer, had cherished and considered him as a second self; but now that he had started up to be a rival, he could not conceal his jealousy. 1 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 acted act VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 subordinate subordinate NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 indefatigable indefatigable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 cherished cherish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 considered consider VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 rival rival NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 conceal conceal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | past · perfect | Taric | Muza *not said here* | | | | as Taric's subordinate and indefatigable officer | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent muza=Eventuality | | 2 | **cherish** | past · perfect · passive | | Muza | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **consider** | past | | Taric | | | | as a second self | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 4 | **start up** | past · perfect | Muza | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Muza *not said here* | a rival | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **conceal** | could | Muza | Taric's jealousy | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jealousy=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/8/) - ↑ back to [Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/)