--- title: It is added, that the Arab horsemen, while scouring the mountains in… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: It is added, that the Arab horsemen, while scouring the mountains in quest of fugitives, found a shepherd arrayed in the royal robes, and brought him before the conqueror, believing him to be the king himself. Who acts: fugitives. 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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 (fugitives), 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:pg77685:19:26 # text = It is added, that the Arab horsemen, while scouring the mountains in quest of fugitives, found a shepherd arrayed in the royal robes, and brought him before the conqueror, believing him to be the king himself. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 horsemen horseman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 scouring scour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 fugitives fugitive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 arrayed array VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 conqueror conqueror NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 40 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | rumour | | | | the Arab horsemen *obl* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **scour** | gerund | | the mountains | | quest of fugitives | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent mountain=Source | | 3 | **find** | past | | a shepherd | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Topic | | 4 | **array** | participle | | a shepherd *not said here* | | the royal robes | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | past | | shepherd | | the conqueror | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before conqueror=Destination | | 6 | **believe** | gerund | | shepherd | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the king | | | | king *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 8 | **quest** | | fugitives | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: of=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/27/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/)