--- title: The grey of the dawning had just streaked the east, when Pelistes to… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The grey of the dawning had just streaked the east, when Pelistes took lance in hand, hung his shield about his neck, and, mounting his steed, issued quietly forth from a postern of the convent. Who acts: Pelistes. 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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 (Pelistes), 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:pg77685:25:28 # text = The grey of the dawning had just streaked the east, when Pelistes took lance in hand, hung his shield about his neck, and, mounting his steed, issued quietly forth from a postern of the convent. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grey grey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dawning dawning NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 streaked streak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 Pelistes Pelistes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 about about ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 mounting mount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 33 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 forth forth ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 postern postern NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 convent convent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **streak** | past · perfect · passive | | the grey of the dawning | | | | the east *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | Pelistes | lance | | hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent lance=Value in hand=Location | | 3 | **hang** | past | Pelistes *not said here* | Pelistes's shield | | | | about Pelistes's neck | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shield=Theme about neck=Destination | | 4 | **mount** | gerund | Pelistes *not said here* | Pelistes's steed | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Patient | | 5 | **issue** | participle | Pelistes *not said here* | | | a postern of the convent | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/29/) - ↑ back to [Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/)