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title: The new sovereign cherished deep resentment against Muza for having… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The new sovereign cherished deep resentment against Muza for having presented himself at court contrary to his command, and he listened readily to the calumnies of his enemies; for Muza had been too illustrious in his deeds not to have many enemies. Who acts: new sovereign, sovereign, Muza. A senten
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 32

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The new sovereign cherished deep resentment against Muza for having presented himself at court contrary to his command, and he listened readily to the calumnies of his enemies; for Muza had been too illustrious in his deeds not to have many enemies.

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**Who acts:** new sovereign, sovereign, Muza · **What happens:** cherish, present, listen, be, not have, command · **To what, where:** deep resentment, sovereign, court contrary, deeds, many enemies · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (new sovereign, sovereign, Muza), 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:pg77685:35:32
# text = The new sovereign cherished deep resentment against Muza for having presented himself at court contrary to his command, and he listened readily to the calumnies of his enemies; for Muza had been too illustrious in his deeds not to have many enemies.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cherished	cherish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	resentment	resentment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux	_	_
11	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	contrary	contrary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
23	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	calumnies	calumny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
31	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
32	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
34	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	cop	_	_
35	too	too	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	illustrious	illustrious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	advcl	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
43	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cherish** | past | the new sovereign | deep resentment |  |  |  | against Muza | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer resentment=Stimulus |
| 2 | **present** | gerund · perfect | the new sovereign *not said here* | sovereign |  | court contrary to sovereign's command |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 3 | **listen** | past | sovereign |  |  |  |  | to the calumnies of sovereign's enemies; readily *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to calumny=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past · perfect | Muza |  |  | sovereign's deeds |  | illustrious *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **have** | to-infinitive |  | many enemies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient |
| 6 | **command** |  | sovereign |  |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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