--- title: The king then arranged the order of their march: all those who were… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The king then arranged the order of their march: all those who were armed with cuirasses and coats of mail were placed in the front and rear; the centre of the army was composed of a promiscuous throng, without body armour, and but scantily provided with weapons. 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:pg77685:14:43 # text = The king then arranged the order of their march: all those who were armed with cuirasses and coats of mail were placed in the front and rear; the centre of the army was composed of a promiscuous throng, without body armour, and but scantily provided with weapons. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 12 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 cuirasses cuirass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 coats coat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 mail mail NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 rear rear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 centre centre 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 army army 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 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 promiscuous promiscuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 throng throng NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 without without ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 scantily scantily ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | past | the king | the order of orders's march | | | then | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | with cuirasses and coats of mail; who *nsubj*; armed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **place** | past · passive | | those | | the front | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in front=Destination | | 4 | **compose** | past · passive | | the centre of the army | | | | of a promiscuous throng; without body armour | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 5 | **provide** | participle | | | | | | with weapons; scantily *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with weapon=Theme | | 6 | **order** | | | orders's march | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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/pg77685/14/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/44/) - ↑ back to [Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/)