--- title: He suppressed his wrath, however, and turning with a bitter expressi… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He suppressed his wrath, however, and turning with a bitter expression of forced composure to his captains, “Unsaddle your steeds,” said he, “and plant your lances in the earth; set up your tents and take your repose: for we must await the coming of the Wali with a mighty force to assist us in our c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Chapter I.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/) / 31 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 31 He suppressed his wrath, however, and turning with a bitter expression of forced composure to his captains, “Unsaddle your steeds,” said he, “and plant your lances in the earth; set up your tents and take your repose: for we must await the coming of the Wali with a mighty force to assist us in our conquest.” **Who acts:** letter, we, your · **What happens:** suppress, turn, force, unsaddle, say, plant · **To what, where:** wrath, captains, steeds, lances, earth, tents · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter I.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (letter, we, your), 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:pg77685:22:31 # text = He suppressed his wrath, however, and turning with a bitter expression of forced composure to his captains, “Unsaddle your steeds,” said he, “and plant your lances in the earth; set up your tents and take your repose: for we must await the coming of the Wali with a mighty force to assist us in our conquest.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 suppressed suppress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 composure composure NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Unsaddle unsaddle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 plant plant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 lances lance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 ccomp _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 repose repose NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 await await VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 53 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 csubj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Wali Wali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 assist assist VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 advcl _ _ 63 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ” " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppress** | past | letter | letter's wrath | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | letter *not said here* | | | letter's captains | | with a bitter expression of forced composure | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to captain=Trajectory | | 3 | **force** | participle | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **unsaddle** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your steeds | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **plant** *in a quote* | infinitive | letter | your lances | | the earth | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lance=Theme in earth=Destination | | 7 | **set up** *in a quote* | participle | | your tents | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient tent=Result | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | your repose | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repose=Theme | | 9 | **await** *in a quote* | must | we | the mighty force | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | of the Wali | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of wali=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **assist** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | us | our conquest | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 12 | **repose** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom repose «act intransitive»: 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/32/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/)