--- title: The boy let go his hold of the wall, and, as he stretched forth his… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The boy let go his hold of the wall, and, as he stretched forth his hands, the aged son of Ishmael, exerting all the strength of his withered limbs, suddenly pushed him over the battlements. Who acts: boy. 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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 (boy), 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:pg77685:39:155 # text = The boy let go his hold of the wall, and, as he stretched forth his hands, the aged son of Ishmael, exerting all the strength of his withered limbs, suddenly pushed him over the battlements. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 forth forth ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Ishmael Ishmael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 exerting exert VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 33 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 battlements battlement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | past | the boy | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | the boy *not said here* | boy's hold of the wall | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hold=Theme | | 3 | **stretch** | past | boy | boy's hands | | | | the aged son of Ishmael *obl*; forth *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 4 | **exert** | gerund | boy *not said here* | all strength of boy's withered limbs | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme | | 5 | **wither** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **push** | past | the boy *not said here* | boy | | the battlements | | suddenly *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme over battlement=Trajectory | | 7 | **hold** | | boy | the wall | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/154/) - next →: [sentence 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/156/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)