--- title: Give me four galleys and a handful of men, and I will depart with th… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Give me four galleys and a handful of men, and I will depart with this Count Julian, skirt the Christian coast, and bring thee back tidings of the land, and of his means to put it in our power.” Who acts: you, I. 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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 (you, I), 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:pg77685:10:27 # text = Give me four galleys and a handful of men, and I will depart with this Count Julian, skirt the Christian coast, and bring thee back tidings of the land, and of his means to put it in our power.” 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 galleys galley NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obl _ _ 17 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 skirt skirt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obj _ _ 28 back back ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 of of SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | four galleys and a handful of men | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient galley=Theme | | 2 | **depart** | future | I | | | | | with this | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **count** | infinitive | I *not said here* | Julian | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent julian=Theme | | 4 | **skirt** | present | I *not said here* | the Christian coast | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme coast=Co-Theme | | 5 | **bring back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thee | | | | tidings of the land *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent thou=Destination tiding=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | delight *nmod:poss* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | coast | | our power | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in power=Destination | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/28/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/)