--- title: About noontide, King Roderick sent forth a chosen force of five hund… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: About noontide, King Roderick sent forth a chosen force of five hundred horse and two hundred foot, the best armed of his host, to skirmish with the enemy, that, by gaining some partial advantage, they might raise the spirits of the army. Who acts: King, armies. 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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, armies), 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:pg77685:16:2 # text = About noontide, King Roderick sent forth a chosen force of five hundred horse and two hundred foot, the best armed of his host, to skirmish with the enemy, that, by gaining some partial advantage, they might raise the spirits of the army. 1 About about ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 noontide noontide NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 amod _ _ 10 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 compound _ _ 13 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 compound _ _ 17 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 obj _ _ 22 armed arm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 skirmish skirmish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 gaining gain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 partial partial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | King | a chosen force of hundred horse and hundred foot | | | | about noontide; forth *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent force=Destination good=Theme | | 2 | **choose** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **arm** | participle | | | | | | King's host *obl:agent* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **skirmish** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | that | | | | with the enemy | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with enemy=Co-Agent | | 5 | **gain** | gerund | King *not said here* | some partial advantage | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | | 6 | **raise** | might | armies *= army* | the spirits of the army | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/3/) - ↑ 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/)