--- title: His valiant son was borne on the shields of his vassals; when they l… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: His valiant son was borne on the shields of his vassals; when they laid him on the earth near to where the king was standing, they found that the heroic youth had expired of his wounds. Who acts: vassals, king, heroic youth, Pelistes. 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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 (vassals, king, heroic youth, Pelistes), 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:pg77685:16:23 # text = His valiant son was borne on the shields of his vassals; when they laid him on the earth near to where the king was standing, they found that the heroic youth had expired of his wounds. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 valiant valiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shields shield NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 vassals vassal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 near near ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 21 to to SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 expired expire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past · passive | | Pelistes's valiant son | | the shields of Pelistes's vassals | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **lay** | past | vassals *= vassal* | Pelistes | | the earth | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on earth=Destination | | 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | the king | | | | | near *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | past | vassals *= vassal* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **expire** | past · perfect | the heroic youth | | | | | of Pelistes's wounds | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of wound=Causer | | 6 | **wound** | | Pelistes | | | | | | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/24/) - ↑ 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/)