--- title: They were to be led by a strong and valiant captain, who would be kn… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: They were to be led by a strong and valiant captain, who would be known by these signs: on his right shoulder he would have a hairy mole, and his right arm would be much longer than the left; and of such length as to enable him to cover his knee with his hand without bending his body.” Who acts: str --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/31/) [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/) / [Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second E…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/) / 31 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 31 They were to be led by a strong and valiant captain, who would be known by these signs: on his right shoulder he would have a hairy mole, and his right arm would be much longer than the left; and of such length as to enable him to cover his knee with his hand without bending his body.” **Who acts:** strong captain, signs, country, right arm · **What happens:** lead, know, have, be, enable, cover · **To what, where:** father, strong captain, hairy mole, right shoulder, country, knee This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strong captain, signs, country, right arm), 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:pg77685:11:31 # text = They were to be led by a strong and valiant captain, who would be known by these signs: on his right shoulder he would have a hairy mole, and his right arm would be much longer than the left; and of such length as to enable him to cover his knee with his hand without bending his body.” 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 hairy hairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 without without SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 60 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past · passive | a strong captain | father | | | | such length *parataxis* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **know** | would · passive | this signs | a strong captain | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | would | country | a hairy mole | | country's right shoulder | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient | | 4 | **is** | would | country's right arm | | | | | than the left; long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **enable** | to-infinitive | a strong captain *not said here* | country | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **cover** | to-infinitive | country *not said here* | country's knee | | | | with country's hand | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent knee=Destination with hand=Theme | | 7 | **bend** | gerund | country *not said here* | country's body | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent body=Material | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/32/) - ↑ 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/)