--- title: It seems generally admitted that Orelia, the favourite war-horse of… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: It seems generally admitted that Orelia, the favourite war-horse of Don Roderick, was found entangled in a marsh on the borders of the Guadalete, with the sandals and mantle and royal insignia of the king lying close by him. Who acts: Orelia, king. 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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 (Orelia, king), 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:pg77685:19:22 # text = It seems generally admitted that Orelia, the favourite war-horse of Don Roderick, was found entangled in a marsh on the borders of the Guadalete, with the sandals and mantle and royal insignia of the king lying close by him. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 generally generally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 6 Orelia Orelia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 19 entangled entangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Guadalete Guadalete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sandals sandal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 insignia insignia NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present · passive | | Rodrigo | | | | generally *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | | Orelia | | | | with the sandals and mantle and royal insignia of the king | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **entangle** | participle | Orelia *not said here* | | | | | in a marsh on the borders of the Guadalete | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in marsh=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | | by Orelia; close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by he=Location | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/23/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/)