--- title: They were ten thousand in number, valiant and hardy men, the most ex… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: They were ten thousand in number, valiant and hardy men, the most experienced of Spanish soldiery, most of them having served in the African wars; they were well armed and appointed also, with the weapons of which the count had beguiled his sovereign; and it was a grievous sight to behold such good --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/8/) [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/) / [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/) / 8 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 8 They were ten thousand in number, valiant and hardy men, the most experienced of Spanish soldiery, most of them having served in the African wars; they were well armed and appointed also, with the weapons of which the count had beguiled his sovereign; and it was a grievous sight to behold such good soldiers arrayed against their country and their faith. **Who acts:** spirits, most, count, grievous sight · **What happens:** be, experience, serve, arm, appoint, beguile · **To what, where:** ten thousand, number, valiant men, Spanish soldiery, African wars, spirits This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (spirits, most, count, grievous sight), 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:pg77685:15:8 # text = They were ten thousand in number, valiant and hardy men, the most experienced of Spanish soldiery, most of them having served in the African wars; they were well armed and appointed also, with the weapons of which the count had beguiled his sovereign; and it was a grievous sight to behold such good soldiers arrayed against their country and their faith. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 4 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 61 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 hardy hardy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 15 advmod _ _ 15 experienced experience VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Spanish Spanish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 soldiery soldiery NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 24 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 aux _ _ 24 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 armed arm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 36 also also ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 beguiled beguile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 grievous grievous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl _ _ 58 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 61 arrayed array VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 62 against against ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 61 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | spirits *= spirit* | ten thousand | | number valiant men | | | tree rules | | 2 | **experience** | participle | | valiant men *not said here* | | | | of Spanish soldiery | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **serve** | gerund · perfect | most of spirits | Spanish soldiery *not said here* | | the African wars | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent soldiery=Value in war=Location | | 4 | **arm** | past · passive | | spirits *= spirit* | | | | well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | with the weapons | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **beguile** | past · perfect · passive | | the count | | | | of the weapons; Julian's sovereign *obj* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer sovereign=Result | | 7 | **is a** | past | count | a grievous sight | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **behold** | infinitive | a grievous sight *not said here* | such good soldiers | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer soldier=Stimulus | | 9 | **array** | past | a grievous sight | | | | | against spirits's country and spirits's faith | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/9/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/)