--- title: “By this good sword,” said he, “the man who yields such dastard coun… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “By this good sword,” said he, “the man who yields such dastard counsel deserves death from the hand of his countrymen rather than from the foe; and, were it not for the presence of the king, may I forfeit salvation if I would not strike him dead upon the spot.” Who acts: body, man, counsel. 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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 (body, man, counsel), 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:pg77685:16:35 # text = “By this good sword,” said he, “the man who yields such dastard counsel deserves death from the hand of his countrymen rather than from the foe; and, were it not for the presence of the king, may I forfeit salvation if I would not strike him dead upon the spot.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 By by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 yields yield VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 dastard dastard NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 countrymen countryman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 31 cc _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 forfeit forfeit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 48 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 56 upon upon ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | body | | | | | by this good sword | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **yield** *in a quote* | present | the man | such dastard counsel | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 3 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | the man | death | | the hand of body's countrymen rather the foe | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | past | counsel | | | | | for the presence; of the king | tree rules | | 5 | **forfeit** *in a quote* | may | body | salvation | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent salvation=Theme | | 6 | **not** **strike** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | body | body | | | | upon the spot; dead *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/36/) - ↑ back to [Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/16/)