--- title: The cavaliers succeeded, however, in breaking into the midst of the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The cavaliers succeeded, however, in breaking into the midst of the battalion and throwing it into confusion, cutting down some with their swords, transpiercing others with their spears, and trampling many under the hoofs of their horses. Who acts: cavaliers. 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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 (cavaliers), 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:pg77685:13:20 # text = The cavaliers succeeded, however, in breaking into the midst of the battalion and throwing it into confusion, cutting down some with their swords, transpiercing others with their spears, and trampling many under the hoofs of their horses. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 battalion battalion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 22 down down ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 transpiercing transpierc VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 29 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 trampling trampling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 36 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 37 under under ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hoofs hoof NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** | past | the cavaliers | | | | | trampling *parataxis*; however *property* | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **break** | gerund | the cavaliers *not said here* | | | | | into the midst of the battalion *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into midst=Result | | 3 | **throw** | gerund | the cavaliers *not said here* | midst | | | | into confusion *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into confusion=Result | | 4 | **cut down** | gerund | the cavaliers *not said here* | some | | | | with cavaliers's swords | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 5 | **transpierc** | gerund | the cavaliers *not said here* | others | | | | with cavaliers's spears | tree rules | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/21/) - ↑ back to [Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/)