--- title: Taric then ordered that the bodies of the Moslem warriors should be… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Taric then ordered that the bodies of the Moslem warriors should be interred; as for those of the Christians, they were gathered in heaps, and vast pyres of wood were formed, on which they were consumed. Who acts: Taric. 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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), 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:pg77685:19:11 # text = Taric then ordered that the bodies of the Moslem warriors should be interred; as for those of the Christians, they were gathered in heaps, and vast pyres of wood were formed, on which they were consumed. 1 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Moslem Moslem ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 interred inter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 pyres pyre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | Taric | | | | then | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **inter** *not said to happen* | should · passive | | the bodies of the Moslem warriors | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **gather** | past · passive | | those of the Christians | | heaps | | bodies *= body* *nsubj:pass* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **form** | past · passive | | vast pyres of wood | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **consume** | past · passive | | pyres *= pyre* | | | | which *obl* | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/12/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/)