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title: This army Don Roderick put under the command of his kinsman Ataulpho… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: This army Don Roderick put under the command of his kinsman Ataulpho, a prince of the royal blood of the Goths, and of a noble and generous nature; and he ordered him to march with all speed to meet the foe, and to recruit his forces on the way with the troops of Theodomir. Who acts: army. A sentenc
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 7

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This army Don Roderick put under the command of his kinsman Ataulpho, a prince of the royal blood of the Goths, and of a noble and generous nature; and he ordered him to march with all speed to meet the foe, and to recruit his forces on the way with the troops of Theodomir.

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**Who acts:** army · **What happens:** put, order, march, meet, recruit, command · **To what, where:** command, ATAULPHO, foe, forces, way, kinsman · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (army), 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:pg77685:12:7
# text = This army Don Roderick put under the command of his kinsman Ataulpho, a prince of the royal blood of the Goths, and of a noble and generous nature; and he ordered him to march with all speed to meet the foe, and to recruit his forces on the way with the troops of Theodomir.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	Don	Don	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	kinsman	kinsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	Ataulpho	Ataulpho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Goths	Goth	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
27	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	generous	generous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	conj	_	_
30	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	march	march	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	recruit	recruit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
51	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	53	nmod	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Theodomir	Theodomir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | this army |  |  | the command of army's kinsman |  | of a noble nature | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under command=Destination |
| 2 | **order** | past | army |  | ATAULPHO |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **march** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | army *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with all speed | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | army *not said here* | the foe |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **recruit** | to-infinitive | this army *not said here* | army's forces |  | the way with the troops of Theodomir |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Theme |
| 6 | **command** |  |  | army's kinsman |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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