--- title: Taric then called off his troops from the pursuit, and took possessi… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Taric then called off his troops from the pursuit, and took possession of the royal camp; and the couch which had been pressed so uneasily on the preceding night by Don Roderick, now yielded sound repose to his conqueror. Who acts: Taric, Don, couch. 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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 (Taric, Don, couch), 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:pg77685:18:56 # text = Taric then called off his troops from the pursuit, and took possession of the royal camp; and the couch which had been pressed so uneasily on the preceding night by Don Roderick, now yielded sound repose to his conqueror. 1 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 uneasily uneasily ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 preceding precede VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 37 yielded yield VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 repose repose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 conqueror conqueror NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call off** *speech: assert* | past | Taric | Taric's troops | | the pursuit | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent troops=Theme from pursuit=Source | | 2 | **take** | past | Taric *not said here* | possession of the royal camp | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 3 | **press** | past · perfect · passive | Don | the couch | | | night | uneasily *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **precede** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **yield** | participle | | | | | now | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **repose** | infinitive | the couch | | | | | to Taric's conqueror; yielded sound *nsubj* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **possess** | | | the royal camp | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/18/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/18/57/) - ↑ back to [Last Day of the Battle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/18/)