--- title: The king, therefore, issued forth with his cavaliers and took the ro… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The king, therefore, issued forth with his cavaliers and took the road to the tower, followed by a great multitude, for he was anxious once more to close the iron door, and shut up those evils that threatened to overwhelm the land. Who acts: King, evils. 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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, evils), 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:pg77685:8:80 # text = The king, therefore, issued forth with his cavaliers and took the road to the tower, followed by a great multitude, for he was anxious once more to close the iron door, and shut up those evils that threatened to overwhelm the land. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 29 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 30 advmod _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 evils evil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 threatened threaten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 overwhelm overwhelm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **issue** | participle · passive | | the king | | | | with King's cavaliers; forth, therefore *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with cavalier=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | | the road | | the tower | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent road=Theme to tower=Destination | | 3 | **follow** | participle | | the tower *not said here* | | | | by a great multitude | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by multitude=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | King | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **close** | to-infinitive | | the iron door | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 6 | **shut up** | participle | | that evils | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Patient | | 7 | **threaten** | past | that evils | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **overwhelm** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that evils *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus land=Experiencer | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/81/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)