--- title: When the young man saw that the veterans held their peace, the blood… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When the young man saw that the veterans held their peace, the blood mantled in his cheek, and, overcoming his modesty, he broke forth with a generous warmth: “I know not, cavaliers,” said he, “what is passing in your minds, but I believe this pilgrim to be an envoy from the devil; for none else cou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/32/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/) / 32 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 32 When the young man saw that the veterans held their peace, the blood mantled in his cheek, and, overcoming his modesty, he broke forth with a generous warmth: “I know not, cavaliers,” said he, “what is passing in your minds, but I believe this pilgrim to be an envoy from the devil; for none else could have given such dastard and perfidious counsel. **Who acts:** young man, veterans, PELISTES, Doubtless, I, men · **What happens:** see, hold, mantle, overcome, break, not know · **To what, where:** peace, blood, cheek, modesty, minds, pilgrim · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young man, veterans, PELISTES, Doubtless), 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:pg77685:15:32 # text = When the young man saw that the veterans held their peace, the blood mantled in his cheek, and, overcoming his modesty, he broke forth with a generous warmth: “I know not, cavaliers,” said he, “what is passing in your minds, but I believe this pilgrim to be an envoy from the devil; for none else could have given such dastard and perfidious counsel. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 veterans veteran NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 mantled mantle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 cheek cheek NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 overcoming overcome VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 modesty modesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 forth forth ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 warmth warmth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 56 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 57 pilgrim pilgrim NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 cop _ _ 60 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 envoy envoy NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 ccomp _ _ 62 from from ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ; ; PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 66 for for SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 67 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 71 nsubj:pass _ _ 68 else else ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 69 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 70 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 71 aux _ _ 71 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 parataxis _ _ 72 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 dastard dastard NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 75 perfidious perfidious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the young man | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hold** | past | the veterans | men's peace and the blood | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 3 | **mantle** | participle | | the blood *not said here* | | PELISTES's cheek | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **overcome** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | PELISTES's modesty | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot modesty=Theme | | 5 | **break** | past | PELISTES | | | | | with a generous warmth; forth *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | Doubtless | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | cavaliers *nsubj*; PELISTES *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pass** *in a quote* | present · progressive | | | | your minds | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mind=Location | | 9 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | I | this pilgrim | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pilgrim=Stimulus | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a envoy | | | | from the devil | tree rules | | 11 | **give** *in a quote* | could · perfect · passive | | none | | | | such dastard and perfidious counsel *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient dastard=Theme | | 12 | **pacify** | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **mind** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/33/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/)