--- title: So saying, he seized a lance from one of his pages, and charged furi… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: So saying, he seized a lance from one of his pages, and charged furiously upon the apostate; but Tenderos met him in mid career, and the lance of the prince was shivered upon his shield. Who acts: Traitor, Tenderos. 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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 (Traitor, Tenderos), 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:pg77685:13:40 # text = So saying, he seized a lance from one of his pages, and charged furiously upon the apostate; but Tenderos met him in mid career, and the lance of the prince was shivered upon his shield. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 furiously furiously ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 apostate apostate NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 Tenderos Tenderos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 mid mid X AFX _ 27 compound _ _ 27 career career NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 shivered shiver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Traitor *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **seize** | past | Traitor | a lance | | | | from one of Traitor's pages | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lance=Theme from one=Source | | 3 | **charge** | past | Traitor *not said here* | | | the apostate | | furiously *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon apostate=Trajectory | | 4 | **meet** | past | Tenderos | Traitor | | mid career | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **shiver** | past · passive | | the lance of the prince | | | | upon Traitor's shield | tree rules | | 6 | **page** | | Traitor | | | | | | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/41/) - ↑ back to [Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/)