--- title: Taric stood on the sea-side, and watched until the last squadron had… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Taric stood on the sea-side, and watched until the last squadron had landed; and all the horses, armour, and munitions of war, were brought on shore: he then gave orders to set fire to the ships. Who acts: Taric, last squadron. 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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, last squadron), 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:pg77685:11:22 # text = Taric stood on the sea-side, and watched until the last squadron had landed; and all the horses, armour, and munitions of war, were brought on shore: he then gave orders to set fire to the ships. 1 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 until until SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 squadron squadron NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 munitions munition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 appos _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 38 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Taric | | | the sea side | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 2 | **watch** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **land** | past · perfect | the last squadron | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | past · passive | | all horses and armour | | shore | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on shore=Destination | | 5 | **give** | past | Taric | orders | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 6 | **set** | to-infinitive | Taric *not said here* | fire | | | | to the ships | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/23/) - ↑ back to [Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/)