--- title: He led to the field a large body of his own vassals and retainers, a… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He led to the field a large body of his own vassals and retainers, and of cavaliers trained up in his house, who had followed him to the wars in Africa, and who looked up to him more as a father than a chieftain. Who acts: force. 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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 (force), 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:pg77685:16:13 # text = He led to the field a large body of his own vassals and retainers, and of cavaliers trained up in his house, who had followed him to the wars in Africa, and who looked up to him more as a father than a chieftain. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 vassals vassal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 retainers retainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 than than ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 chieftain chieftain NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | force | a large body of force's own vassals and retainers | | the field | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent body=Theme to field=Destination | | 2 | **train up** | participle | | cavaliers *not said here* | | force's house | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **follow** | past · perfect · passive | | cavaliers | | | | to the wars in Africa; who *nsubj:pass*; force *obj* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme he=Attribute | | 4 | **look up** | past | | | force | | | who *nsubj* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/14/) - ↑ back to [Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/)