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title: When Muza sallied forth from Cordova to repair to Damascus, his cava… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: When Muza sallied forth from Cordova to repair to Damascus, his cavalgada appeared like the sumptuous pageant of some Oriental potentate; for he had numerous guards and attendants splendidly armed and arrayed, together with four hundred hostages, who were youthful cavaliers of the noblest families o
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 19

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When Muza sallied forth from Cordova to repair to Damascus, his cavalgada appeared like the sumptuous pageant of some Oriental potentate; for he had numerous guards and attendants splendidly armed and arrayed, together with four hundred hostages, who were youthful cavaliers of the noblest families of the Goths, and a great number of captives of both sexes, chosen for their beauty, and intended as presents for the caliph.

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**Who acts:** Muza, cavalgada, man, hundred hostages · **What happens:** sally, repair, appear, have, array, be · **To what, where:** Cordova, Damascus, numerous guards, youthful cavaliers, sexes

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muza, cavalgada, man, hundred hostages), 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:pg77685:34:19
# text = When Muza sallied forth from Cordova to repair to Damascus, his cavalgada appeared like the sumptuous pageant of some Oriental potentate; for he had numerous guards and attendants splendidly armed and arrayed, together with four hundred hostages, who were youthful cavaliers of the noblest families of the Goths, and a great number of captives of both sexes, chosen for their beauty, and intended as presents for the caliph.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sallied	sally	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
4	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Cordova	Cordova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	repair	repair	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	cavalgada	cavalgada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	sumptuous	sumptuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	pageant	pageant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	22	det	_	_
21	Oriental	oriental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	potentate	potentate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
27	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
31	splendidly	splendidly	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	arrayed	array	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	together	together	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	compound	_	_
39	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nummod	_	_
40	hostages	hostage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
44	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	noblest	noble	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	49	amod	_	_
49	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	Goths	Goth	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	captives	captive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nmod	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	62	det	_	_
62	sexes	sex	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	62	acl	_	_
65	for	for	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
71	as	as	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	obl	_	_
73	for	for	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sally** | past | Muza |  |  | Cordova |  | forth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **repair** | to-infinitive | Muza *not said here* |  | Damascus |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **appear** | past | man's cavalgada |  |  |  |  | like the sumptuous pageant of some Oriental potentate | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | past | man | numerous guards and attendants |  |  |  | a great number of captives of both sexes *conj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient |
| 5 | **array** | past | man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with hundred hostages; together *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** | past | hundred hostages | youthful cavaliers |  |  |  | of the noblest families of the Goths | tree rules |
| 7 | **choose** | participle |  | both sexes *not said here* |  |  |  | for Muza's beauty | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for beauty=Beneficiary |
| 8 | **intend** | participle | man's cavalgada *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as presents; for the caliph | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as present=Attribute |

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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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