--- title: “As to you, Don Greybeard,” said he, “you who turn apostate in your… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “As to you, Don Greybeard,” said he, “you who turn apostate in your declining age, I here pronounce you a traitor to your God, your king, and country; and stand ready to prove it this instant upon your body, if field be granted me.” Who acts: eye, you. 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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 (eye, you), 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:pg77685:12:20 # text = “As to you, Don Greybeard,” said he, “you who turn apostate in your declining age, I here pronounce you a traitor to your God, your king, and country; and stand ready to prove it this instant upon your body, if field be granted me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 Greybeard Greybeard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 apostate apostate NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 declining decline VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 amod _ _ 21 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 pronounce pronounce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 41 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 46 instant instant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 ccomp _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | eye | | | | | you *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **turn** *in a quote* | present | you | apostate | | | in your declining age | who *nsubj* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent apostate=Patient in age=Topic | | 3 | **decline** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **pronounce** *in a quote* | present | eye | you | your God | here | | a traitor *obj* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme traitor=Result | | 5 | **stand** *in a quote* | infinitive | eye *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **prove** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | eye *not said here* | apostate | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **grant** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | field | | | | me *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal i=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/12/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/12/21/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XI.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/12/)