--- title: The friends of Taric, on the other hand, represented him as brave, g… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The friends of Taric, on the other hand, represented him as brave, generous, and high-minded; scrupulous in reserving to his sovereign his rightful share of the spoils, but distributing the rest bounteously among his soldiers, and thus increasing their alacrity in the service. Who acts: friends, TAR --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/9/) [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/) / [Chapter XIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/) / 9 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 9 The friends of Taric, on the other hand, represented him as brave, generous, and high-minded; scrupulous in reserving to his sovereign his rightful share of the spoils, but distributing the rest bounteously among his soldiers, and thus increasing their alacrity in the service. **Who acts:** friends, TARIC · **What happens:** represent, reserve, spoil, distribute, increase, share · **To what, where:** TARIC, rest, alacrity, service 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 (friends, 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:pg77685:34:9 # text = The friends of Taric, on the other hand, represented him as brave, generous, and high-minded; scrupulous in reserving to his sovereign his rightful share of the spoils, but distributing the rest bounteously among his soldiers, and thus increasing their alacrity in the service. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 represented represent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 minded minded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 scrupulous scrupulous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 24 in in SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 reserving reserve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 rightful rightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 of of SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 spoils spoil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 distributing distribute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 bounteously bounteously ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 thus thus ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 increasing increase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 alacrity alacrity NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **represent** | past | the friends of Taric and the other hand | TARIC | | | | as brave | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as brave=Attribute | | 2 | **reserve** | gerund | the friends of Taric and the other hand *not said here* | | | | | to TARIC's sovereign and TARIC's rightful share | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **spoil** | present | the friends of Taric and the other hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **distribute** | gerund | the friends of Taric and the other hand *not said here* | the rest | | | | among TARIC's soldiers; bounteously *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme among soldier=Recipient | | 5 | **increase** | gerund | the friends of Taric and the other hand *not said here* | friends's alacrity | | the service | | thus *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer alacrity=Patient | | 6 | **share** | | TARIC | | | | | | nom share «possession 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/10/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/)