--- title: As to this pilgrim, be he saint or be he devil, I care not; this muc… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: As to this pilgrim, be he saint or be he devil, I care not; this much I promise, that if I am to die in defence of my country and my king, my life shall be a costly purchase to the foe. Who acts: pilgrim, I, this, life. 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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 (pilgrim, I, this, life), 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:pg77685:15:40 # text = As to this pilgrim, be he saint or be he devil, I care not; this much I promise, that if I am to die in defence of my country and my king, my life shall be a costly purchase to the foe. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 pilgrim pilgrim NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saint saint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 care care VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 19 much much ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | pilgrim | | | | | as this pilgrim; saint *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | pilgrim | devil | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **care** | present | I | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | this | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **die** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | in defence of my country and my king | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in defence=Attribute | | 6 | **is a** | shall | my life | a costly purchase | | | | to the foe | tree rules | | 7 | **defend** | | | my country and my king | | | | | nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/41/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/15/)