--- title: [24] Don Roderick then formed the plan of action, and assigned to ea… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: [24] Don Roderick then formed the plan of action, and assigned to each commander his several station, after which he dismissed his officers, and each one sought his tent, to prepare by diligence or repose for the next day’s eventful contest. Who acts: Don, one, next day. 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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 (Don, one, next day), 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:pg77685:16:43 # text = [24] Don Roderick then formed the plan of action, and assigned to each commander his several station, after which he dismissed his officers, and each one sought his tent, to prepare by diligence or repose for the next day’s eventful contest. 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 24 24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 assigned assign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dismissed dismiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 prepare prepare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 repose repose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 eventful eventful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 contest contest NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | past | Don | 24 | | | then | the plan of action *obj* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plan=Theme | | 2 | **assign** | participle | Don *not said here* | Don's several station | | | | to each commander *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent station=Theme to commander=Goal | | 3 | **dismiss** | past | Don | Don's officers | | | | which *obl* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent officer=Theme | | 4 | **seek** | past | each one | Don's tent | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Theme | | 5 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | | | | | | by diligence | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **repose** | infinitive | | | | | | for the next day's eventful contest | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **plan** | | | action | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **contest** | | the next day | | | | | | nom contest «event 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/42/) - next →: [Traitorous Message of Count…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/17/1/) - ↑ 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/)