--- title: Be this as it may, the veteran Taric took advantage of the excitemen… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Be this as it may, the veteran Taric took advantage of the excitement of his soldiery, and led them forward to gain possession of a stronghold, which was, in a manner, the key to all the adjacent country. Who acts: veteran, followers, stronghold. 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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 (veteran, followers, stronghold), 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:pg77685:11:37 # text = Be this as it may, the veteran Taric took advantage of the excitement of his soldiery, and led them forward to gain possession of a stronghold, which was, in a manner, the key to all the adjacent country. 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nsubj _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 veteran veteran NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 excitement excitement NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 soldiery soldiery NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 forward forward ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 25 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 stronghold stronghold NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 adjacent adjacent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | may | the veteran | advantage of the excitement of veteran's soldiery | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | past | the veteran *not said here* | followers *= follower* | | | | forward *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **gain** | to-infinitive | followers *= follower* *not said here* | possession of a stronghold | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | a stronghold | | | a manner and the key to all adjacent country | | the key to all adjacent country *conj* | tree rules | | 5 | **excite** | | | veteran's soldiery | | | | | nom excitement «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **possess** | | | a stronghold | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/38/) - ↑ 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/)