--- title: When they were about to march, the king called to him a noble cavali… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When they were about to march, the king called to him a noble cavalier named Ramiro, and delivering him the royal standard, charged him to guard it well for the honour of Spain; scarcely, however, had the good knight received it in his hand, when he fell dead from his horse, and the staff of the sta --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/44/) [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/) / 44 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 44 When they were about to march, the king called to him a noble cavalier named Ramiro, and delivering him the royal standard, charged him to guard it well for the honour of Spain; scarcely, however, had the good knight received it in his hand, when he fell dead from his horse, and the staff of the standard was broken in twain. **Who acts:** orders, king, delivering, good knight · **What happens:** be, march, call, name, deliver, charge · **To what, where:** king, noble cavalier, royal standard, standard, hand, staff · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (orders, king, delivering, good knight), 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:pg77685:14:44 # text = When they were about to march, the king called to him a noble cavalier named Ramiro, and delivering him the royal standard, charged him to guard it well for the honour of Spain; scarcely, however, had the good knight received it in his hand, when he fell dead from his horse, and the staff of the standard was broken in twain. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 march march VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 cavalier cavalier NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ 16 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 Ramiro Ramiro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 delivering deliver VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 csubj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 standard standard NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 26 charged charge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 however however ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 55 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 standard standard NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 conj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | orders *= order* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **march** | to-infinitive | | the king | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call** | participle | the king *not said here* | a noble cavalier | king | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **name** | participle | | a noble cavalier *not said here* | | | | Ramiro *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **deliver** | gerund | | the royal standard | king | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary standard=Patient | | 6 | **charge** | past | delivering | king | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=Theme | | 7 | **guard** | to-infinitive | delivering *not said here* | standard | | | | for the honour of Spain; well *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | | 8 | **have** | past | | | | | | however, scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **receive** | past | the good knight | standard | | king's hand | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location | | 10 | **fall** | past | king | | | | | from king's horse; dead *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from horse=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **break** | past · passive | | the staff of the standard | | twain | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 12 | **honour** | | | Spain | | | | | nom honour «state 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/45/) - ↑ back to [Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/)