--- title: At the first assault the lance of Theodomir pierced him through and… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: At the first assault the lance of Theodomir pierced him through and through; he fell to the earth, gnashed his teeth as he rolled in the dust, but yielded his breath without uttering a word. Who acts: lance, Theodomir. 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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 (lance, Theodomir), 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:pg77685:13:29 # text = At the first assault the lance of Theodomir pierced him through and through; he fell to the earth, gnashed his teeth as he rolled in the dust, but yielded his breath without uttering a word. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 assault assault NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Theodomir Theodomir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 pierced pierce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 through through ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 gnashed gnash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 yielded yield VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 without without SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 uttering utter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pierce** | past | the lance of Theodomir | Theodomir | | the first assault | | through *property* | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 2 | **fall** | past | Theodomir | | | | | to the earth | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | | 3 | **gnash** | past | Theodomir *not said here* | Theodomir's teeth | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 4 | **roll** | past | Theodomir | | | the dust | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dust=Trajectory | | 5 | **yield** | past | Theodomir *not said here* | Theodomir's breath | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 6 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund | Theodomir *not said here* | a word | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/30/) - ↑ back to [Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/)