--- title: He wounded Ataulpho slightly between the greaves of his armour, but… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He wounded Ataulpho slightly between the greaves of his armour, but the prince dealt a blow with his mace that crushed through helm and skull, and reached the brains; and Tenderos fell dead to the earth, his armour rattling as he fell. Who acts: curse, prince, mace, 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 (curse, prince, mace, 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:pg77685:13:43 # text = He wounded Ataulpho slightly between the greaves of his armour, but the prince dealt a blow with his mace that crushed through helm and skull, and reached the brains; and Tenderos fell dead to the earth, his armour rattling as he fell. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wounded wound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Ataulpho Ataulpho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 greaves greave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dealt deal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mace mace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 crushed crush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 through through ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 helm helm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 Tenderos Tenderos PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 rattling rattling NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wound** | past | curse | Ataulpho | | | | between the greaves of curse's armour; slightly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ataulpho=Experiencer | | 2 | **deal** | past | the prince | a blow | | | | with curse's mace | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 3 | **crush** | past | curse's mace | | | helm and skull | | | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **reach** | past | the prince *not said here* | the brains | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent brain=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | Tenderos | | | | | to the earth and curse's armour rattling; dead *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | Tenderos | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rattle** | | curse | | | | | | nom rattling «event intransitive»: 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/44/) - ↑ back to [Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/)