--- title: The Alcayde of the castle, with many of the people of Denia, was one… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The Alcayde of the castle, with many of the people of Denia, was one day on his knees in the chapel, imploring the Virgin to allay a tempest which was strewing the coast with wrecks, when a sentinel brought word that a Moorish cruiser was standing for the land. 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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 (Alcayde, one day, tempest, sentinel), 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:pg77685:4:6 # text = The Alcayde of the castle, with many of the people of Denia, was one day on his knees in the chapel, imploring the Virgin to allay a tempest which was strewing the coast with wrecks, when a sentinel brought word that a Moorish cruiser was standing for the land. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Alcayde Alcayde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Denia Denia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 imploring implore VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Virgin virgin NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 allay allay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 strewing strew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 wrecks wreck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sentinel sentinel NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Moorish moorish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 cruiser cruiser NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the Alcayde of the castle and the many people of Denia | one day | | Denia's knees in the chapel | | | tree rules | | 2 | **implore** | gerund | one day *not said here* | the Virgin | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virgin=Recipient | | 3 | **allay** | to-infinitive | one day *not said here* | a tempest | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **strew** | past · progressive | a tempest | the coast | | | | with wrecks | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent coast=Destination with wreck=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | participle | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **word** | | a sentinel | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stand** | past · progressive | brought word | | | | | for the land; a Moorish cruiser *nsubj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for land=Attribute | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/7/) - ↑ back to [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/)