--- title: He issued orders that every noble and prelate of his kingdom should… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He issued orders that every noble and prelate of his kingdom should put himself at the head of his retainers, and take the field; and that every man capable of bearing arms should hasten to his standard, bringing whatever horse, and mule, and weapon he possessed: and he appointed the plain of Cordov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/19/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/) / 19 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 19 He issued orders that every noble and prelate of his kingdom should put himself at the head of his retainers, and take the field; and that every man capable of bearing arms should hasten to his standard, bringing whatever horse, and mule, and weapon he possessed: and he appointed the plain of Cordova for the place where the army was to assemble. **Who acts:** Roderick, noble, man, weapon, army · **What happens:** issue, put, take, hasten, bring, possess · **To what, where:** orders, head, field, standard, horse, plain This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Roderick, noble, man, weapon), 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:pg77685:14:19 # text = He issued orders that every noble and prelate of his kingdom should put himself at the head of his retainers, and take the field; and that every man capable of bearing arms should hasten to his standard, bringing whatever horse, and mule, and weapon he possessed: and he appointed the plain of Cordova for the place where the army was to assemble. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 noble noble NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 prelate prelate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of 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 retainers retainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 31 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 bearing bearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 hasten hasten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 37 to to 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 standard standard NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 42 whatever whatever ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Cordova Cordova PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 63 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 68 advmod _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 assemble assemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **issue** | past | Roderick | orders | | | | mule *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location order=Theme | | 2 | **put** | should | every noble of Roderick's kingdom and prelate | orders | | the head of Roderick's retainers | | Roderick *obj* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent that=Asset himself=Goal | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | every noble of Roderick's kingdom and prelate *not said here* | the field | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme | | 4 | **hasten** | should | that man | | | Roderick's standard | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to standard=Destination | | 5 | **bring** | gerund | that man *not said here* | | horse | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | | 6 | **possess** | past | weapon | | | | | Roderick *nsubj* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **appoint** | past | Roderick | the plain of Cordova | | | | for the place | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plain=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | the army | | | | | assemble *property* | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/20/) - ↑ back to [Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/)