--- title: Amidst the flying squadrons, King Roderick beheld a crowned warrior,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Amidst the flying squadrons, King Roderick beheld a crowned warrior, whose back was turned towards him, but whose armour and device were his own, and who was mounted on a white steed that resembled his own war horse Orelia. Who acts: Amidst, armour, white steed. 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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 (Amidst, armour, white steed), 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:pg77685:8:68 # text = Amidst the flying squadrons, King Roderick beheld a crowned warrior, whose back was turned towards him, but whose armour and device were his own, and who was mounted on a white steed that resembled his own war horse Orelia. 1 Amidst Amidst PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 squadrons squadron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 crowned crown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 towards towards ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 Orelia Orelia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **behold** | past | Amidst | a crowned warrior | | | | King *nsubj* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warrior=Stimulus | | 3 | **crown** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn** | past · passive | | back | | | | towards King | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme towards he=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | past | armour and device | | | | | King *nmod:poss*; own *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **mount** | past · passive | | | | a white steed | | who *nsubj* | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on steed=Destination | | 7 | **resemble** | past | a white steed | King's own war horse | | | | | tree rules | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/69/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)