--- title: I opened my eyes, and beheld one of a fair and beauteous countenance… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: I opened my eyes, and beheld one of a fair and beauteous countenance, in shining apparel and with glorious wings, standing by the fountain; and I said, ‘Who art thou who callest upon me in this deep hour of the night?’ Who acts: 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 (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:pg77685:15:18 # text = I opened my eyes, and beheld one of a fair and beauteous countenance, in shining apparel and with glorious wings, standing by the fountain; and I said, ‘Who art thou who callest upon me in this deep hour of the night?’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 beauteous beauteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 14 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 18 apparel apparel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 callest call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | I | my eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 2 | **behold** | past | I *not said here* | one of a fair countenance | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 3 | **shine** | gerund | I *not said here* | apparel and glorious wings | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent apparel=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | by the fountain | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fountain=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **call** | present | | | | | hour | upon me; who *nsubj* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/19/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/)