--- title: In the midst of their consternation, the Gothic noble, Pelistes, arr… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: In the midst of their consternation, the Gothic noble, Pelistes, arrived at their gates, haggard with fatigue of body and anguish of mind, and leading a remnant of his devoted cavaliers, who had survived the dreadful battle of the Guadalete. Who acts: devoted cavaliers. 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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 (devoted cavaliers), 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:pg77685:24:4 # text = In the midst of their consternation, the Gothic noble, Pelistes, arrived at their gates, haggard with fatigue of body and anguish of mind, and leading a remnant of his devoted cavaliers, who had survived the dreadful battle of the Guadalete. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 consternation consternation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 noble noble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Pelistes Pelistes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 haggard haggard NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 anguish anguish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 survived survive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Guadalete Guadalete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | | | | the midst of inhabitants's consternation | | at inhabitants's gates and haggard with fatigue of body | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **anguish** | infinitive | | | | | | of mind | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **lead** | gerund | | a remnant of Pelistes's devoted cavaliers | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remnant=Theme | | 4 | **survive** | past · perfect | Pelistes's devoted cavaliers | the dreadful battle of the Guadalete | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme battle=Circumstance | | 5 | **fatigue** | | | body | | | | | nom fatigue «state transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **battle** | | | the Guadalete | | | | | nom battle «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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/5/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/)