--- title: He mounted his war horse, Orelia, and rode among his troops assemble… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He mounted his war horse, Orelia, and rode among his troops assembled on that spacious plain, and wherever he appeared he was received with acclamations; for nothing so arouses the spirit of the soldier as to behold his sovereign in arms. Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:pg77685:14:35 # text = He mounted his war horse, Orelia, and rode among his troops assembled on that spacious plain, and wherever he appeared he was received with acclamations; for nothing so arouses the spirit of the soldier as to behold his sovereign in arms. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Orelia Orelia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 among among ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 10 obl _ _ 14 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 17 spacious spacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 acclamations acclamation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 33 obl _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 arouses arouse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mount** | past | king | king's war horse | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 2 | **ride** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | among king's troops | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **assemble** | participle | | king's troops *not said here* | | that spacious plain | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **appear** | past | king | | | | | wherever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **receive** | past · passive | | king | | | | with acclamations | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **arouse** | present | king *not said here* | the spirit of the soldier | | | | for nothing | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus spirit=Experiencer | | 7 | **behold** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king's sovereign | | arms | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sovereign=Stimulus | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/36/) - ↑ back to [Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/)