--- title: “Roderick is fallen,” cried they, “and we have neither king nor capt… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “Roderick is fallen,” cried they, “and we have neither king nor captain: be unto us as a sovereign; take command of our city, and protect us in this hour of peril!” Who acts: people, we. 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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 (people, we), 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:pg77685:24:6 # text = “Roderick is fallen,” cried they, “and we have neither king nor captain: be unto us as a sovereign; take command of our city, and protect us in this hour of peril!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc _ _ 17 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 27 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 peril peril NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Roderick | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: subject=Result | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | people | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | neither king nor captain | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | unto us; as a sovereign | tree rules | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | command of our city | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | | 6 | **protect** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | us | | hour | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 7 | **command** *in a quote* | | | our city | | | | | nom command «communication 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/7/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/)