--- title: There were two battalions of infantry, but Ataulpho stationed them i… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: There were two battalions of infantry, but Ataulpho stationed them in the rear; “for God forbid,” said he, “that foot soldiers should have the place of honour in the battle, when I have so many valiant cavaliers.” Who acts: two battalions, Ataulpho, foot soldiers. 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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 (two battalions, Ataulpho, foot soldiers), 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:pg77685:13:15 # text = There were two battalions of infantry, but Ataulpho stationed them in the rear; “for God forbid,” said he, “that foot soldiers should have the place of honour in the battle, when I have so many valiant cavaliers.” 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 battalions battalion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 infantry infantry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 Ataulpho Ataulpho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stationed station VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 rear rear NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 19 forbid forbid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | two battalions of infantry | | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **station** | past | Ataulpho | battalions *= battalion* | | the rear | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in rear=Destination | | 3 | **forbid** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | for God | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ataulpho | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | should | foot soldiers | the place of honour in the battle | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Ataulpho | many valiant cavaliers | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cavalier=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/16/) - ↑ back to [Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/)