--- title: Wheeling suddenly round, they opened a path through the host of thei… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Wheeling suddenly round, they opened a path through the host of their pursuers, fought their way back to the camp, and raged about it with desperate fury until they were all slain, after having killed above eight hundred of the enemy. Who acts: Arabs. 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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 (Arabs), 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:pg77685:28:19 # text = Wheeling suddenly round, they opened a path through the host of their pursuers, fought their way back to the camp, and raged about it with desperate fury until they were all slain, after having killed above eight hundred of the enemy. 1 Wheeling wheel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 2 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 pursuers pursuer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 raged rage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 about about ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 until until SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 34 all all ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 after after SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 39 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 40 above above ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 compound _ _ 42 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wheel** | gerund | Arabs *= arab* *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn drive-11.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **open** | past | Arabs *= arab* | a path | | the host of Arabs's pursuers | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent path=Theme through host=Location | | 3 | **fight back** | past | Arabs *= arab* *not said here* | Arabs's way | | | | to the camp | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Co-Agent | | 4 | **rage** | past | Arabs *= arab* *not said here* | | | | | about camp; with desperate fury | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about it=Location | | 5 | **slay** | past · passive | | Arabs *= arab* | | | | all *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** | participle | | eight hundred of the enemy | | | | above *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/28/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/28/20/) - ↑ back to [Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/28/)