--- title: Turning then the reins of his own steed, and giving him the spur, he… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Turning then the reins of his own steed, and giving him the spur, he fled amain from the field, followed by the page; nor did he stop until he arrived within the walls of Orihuela. Who acts: Theodomir. 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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 (Theodomir), 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:pg77685:31:71 # text = Turning then the reins of his own steed, and giving him the spur, he fled amain from the field, followed by the page; nor did he stop until he arrived within the walls of Orihuela. 1 Turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 reins rein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 spur spur NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 amain amain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 31 cc _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 within within ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Orihuela Orihuela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | gerund | Theodomir *not said here* | the reins of Theodomir's own steed | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rein=Theme | | 2 | **give** | gerund | Theodomir *not said here* | the spur | Theodomir | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient spur=Theme | | 3 | **flee** | past | Theodomir | | | | | amain *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | participle | | the field *not said here* | | | | by the page | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by page=Location | | 5 | **stop** | past · do-support | Theodomir | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **arrive** | past | Theodomir | | | | | within the walls of Orihuela | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/72/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)