--- title: Here he paused, and alighted at a solitary farm-house to breathe his… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Here he paused, and alighted at a solitary farm-house to breathe his panting steed; but had scarce put foot to ground when he heard the distant sound of pursuit, and beheld a horseman spurring up the mountain. Who acts: Pelistes, horseman. 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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, horseman), 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:pg77685:25:32 # text = Here he paused, and alighted at a solitary farm-house to breathe his panting steed; but had scarce put foot to ground when he heard the distant sound of pursuit, and beheld a horseman spurring up the mountain. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 paused pause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 solitary solitary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 10 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 panting panting NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 scarce scarce NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 acl _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 pursuit pursuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 horseman horseman NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 spurring spur VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pause** | past | Pelistes | | | here | | | tree rules | | 2 | **alight** | participle | Pelistes *not said here* | | | a solitary farm house | | | tree rules | | 3 | **breathe** | to-infinitive | Pelistes *not said here* | Pelistes's panting steed | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | Pelistes *not said here* | scarce ground and put foot | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scarce=Patient | | 5 | **put** | participle | | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hear** | past | Pelistes | the distant sound of pursuit | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 7 | **behold** | past | Pelistes *not said here* | a horseman | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horseman=Stimulus | | 8 | **spur up** | gerund | a horseman *not said here* | the mountain | | | | | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/33/) - ↑ back to [Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/)