--- title: A number of Arab warriors, who came to the fountain to slake their t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: A number of Arab warriors, who came to the fountain to slake their thirst, cut off the head of the prince, and bore it in triumph to Taric, crying, “Behold the head of the Christian leader!” Who acts: number, thirst, numbers. 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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 (number, thirst, numbers), 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:pg77685:13:61 # text = A number of Arab warriors, who came to the fountain to slake their thirst, cut off the head of the prince, and bore it in triumph to Taric, crying, “Behold the head of the Christian leader!” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 slake slake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 18 off off ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 38 discourse _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a number of Arab warriors | | | the fountain | | who *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fountain=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **slake** | to-infinitive | a number of Arab warriors *not said here* | numbers's thirst | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirst=Patient | | 3 | **cut off** | participle | numbers's thirst *not said here* | the head of the prince | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 4 | **bear** | past | a number of Arab warriors *not said here* | head | | triumph to Taric | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a number of Arab warriors *not said here* | the head of the Christian leader | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **thirst** | | numbers *= number* | | | | | | nom thirst «state 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/62/) - ↑ back to [Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/13/)