--- title: Abdalasis waited until the whole had come forth; then, turning to Th… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Abdalasis waited until the whole had come forth; then, turning to Theodomir, “Where,” cried he, “are the soldiers whom I saw last evening, lining the walls and towers?” Who acts: Abdalasis, whole. 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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 (Abdalasis, whole), 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:pg77685:31:88 # text = Abdalasis waited until the whole had come forth; then, turning to Theodomir, “Where,” cried he, “are the soldiers whom I saw last evening, lining the walls and towers?” 1 Abdalasis Abdalasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 forth forth ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Theodomir Theodomir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 20 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 lining line VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past | Abdalasis | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the whole | | | | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **turn** | gerund | Abdalasis *not said here* | | Theodomir | | then | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to theodomir=Result | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Abdalasis *not said here* | Abdalasis | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Abdalasis *not said here* | the soldiers | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Abdalasis | the soldiers | | | evening | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 7 | **line** *in a quote* | gerund | Abdalasis *not said here* | the walls and towers | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Destination | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/89/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)