--- title: Thus beaten by tempest, and overwhelmed with horror, the king and hi… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Thus beaten by tempest, and overwhelmed with horror, the king and his courtiers arrived at Toledo, clattering across the bridge of the Tagus, and entering the gate in headlong confusion, as though they had been pursued by an enemy. Who acts: king, enemy. 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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 (king, enemy), 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:pg77685:8:78 # text = Thus beaten by tempest, and overwhelmed with horror, the king and his courtiers arrived at Toledo, clattering across the bridge of the Tagus, and entering the gate in headlong confusion, as though they had been pursued by an enemy. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 overwhelmed overwhelm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 16 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Toledo Toledo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 clattering clatter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 advcl _ _ 21 across across ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Tagus Tagus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 headlong headlong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 though though SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 pursued pursue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | by tempest; thus *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tempest=Location | | 2 | **overwhelm** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **arrive** | past | the king and King's courtiers | | | Toledo | | with horror | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **clatter** | gerund | the king and King's courtiers *not said here* | | | the bridge of the Tagus | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | gerund | the king and King's courtiers *not said here* | the gate | | headlong confusion | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gate=Destination | | 6 | **pursue** | past · perfect · passive | a enemy | courtiers *= courtier* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/79/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)