--- title: “Thou hast spoken well, my son,” said he; “if I held my peace at the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “Thou hast spoken well, my son,” said he; “if I held my peace at the counsel of this losel pilgrim, it was but to hear thy opinion, and to learn whether thou wert worthy of thy lineage and of the training I had given thee. Who acts: PELISTES, youth, my, thy. 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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 (PELISTES, youth, my, thy), 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:pg77685:15:37 # text = “Thou hast spoken well, my son,” said he; “if I held my peace at the counsel of this losel pilgrim, it was but to hear thy opinion, and to learn whether thou wert worthy of thy lineage and of the training I had given thee. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 25 losel losel NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 pilgrim pilgrim NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 39 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wert be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 lineage lineage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 training training NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 53 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · passive | | Thou | | | | my son *vocative*; well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | PELISTES | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hold** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | PELISTES | my peace | | the counsel of this losel pilgrim | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent peace=Theme at counsel=Location | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | youth | | | | | thy opinion *obj*; hear *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | past · perfect | PELISTES | thee | | | | of the training | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 7 | **pacify** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **opine** *in a quote* | | thy | | | | | | nom opinion «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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/38/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/)