--- title: To-morrow at break of day I will sally forth and make for the city g… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: To-morrow at break of day I will sally forth and make for the city gates at the moment of their being opened; no one will suspect a solitary horseman; I shall be taken for one of those recreant Christians who have basely mingled with the enemy. Who acts: I, moment, one. 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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 (I, moment, one), 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:pg77685:25:13 # text = To-morrow at break of day I will sally forth and make for the city gates at the moment of their being opened; no one will suspect a solitary horseman; I shall be taken for one of those recreant Christians who have basely mingled with the enemy. 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 sally sally VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 forth forth ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 suspect suspect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 solitary solitary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 horseman horseman NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 42 recreant recreant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 basely basely ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sally** | future | I | | | | | to morrow at break of day; forth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the city gates | | | moment | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gate=Product | | 3 | **open** | gerund · passive | the moment *not said here* | gates *= gate* | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **suspect** | future | no one | a solitary horseman | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent horseman=Attribute | | 5 | **take** | shall · passive | | I | | | | for one of that recreant Christians | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for one=Beneficiary | | 6 | **mingle** | present · perfect · passive | | that recreant Christians | | | | with the enemy; basely *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with enemy=Co-Patient | | 7 | **break** | | | day | | | | | nom break «event 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/14/) - ↑ back to [Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/)