--- title: When he beheld Theodomir rushing upon him, he would have turned and… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When he beheld Theodomir rushing upon him, he would have turned and fled; pride alone withheld him; and, though an admirable master of defence, he lost all skill to ward the attack of his adversary. Who acts: guilt, pride, admirable master. 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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 (guilt, pride, admirable master), 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:pg77685:13:28 # text = When he beheld Theodomir rushing upon him, he would have turned and fled; pride alone withheld him; and, though an admirable master of defence, he lost all skill to ward the attack of his adversary. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 Theodomir Theodomir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 12 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 alone alone ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 withheld withhold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 though though SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 admirable admirable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 skill skill NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 ward ward VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 adversary adversary NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | guilt | Theodomir | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer theodomir=Stimulus | | 2 | **rush** | gerund | guilt *not said here* | | | | | upon Theodomir | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Trajectory | | 3 | **turn** | would · perfect | guilt | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **flee** | participle | guilt *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **withhold** | past | pride | guilt | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lose** | past | a admirable master of defence | all skill | | | | guilt *nsubj* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Eventuality | | 7 | **ward** | to-infinitive | a admirable master of defence *not said here* | the attack of Theodomir's adversary | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **attack** | | | Theodomir's adversary | | | | | nom attack «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/29/) - ↑ back to [Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/)