--- title: The heart of the king was heavy and oppressed; but he felt only for… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The heart of the king was heavy and oppressed; but he felt only for himself, says Antonio Agapida, he thought nothing of the perils impending over the thousands of devoted subjects in the camp below him; sleeping, as it were, on the margin of their graves. Who acts: heart, king, Antonio. 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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 (heart, king, Antonio), 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:pg77685:18:5 # text = The heart of the king was heavy and oppressed; but he felt only for himself, says Antonio Agapida, he thought nothing of the perils impending over the thousands of devoted subjects in the camp below him; sleeping, as it were, on the margin of their graves. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 oppressed oppress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 Antonio Antonio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 20 Agapida Agapida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 perils peril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 impending impend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 38 below below ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 margin margin NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the heart of the king | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **oppress** | participle | the heart of the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | king | | | | | for king | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for himself=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Antonio | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Antonio | nothing of the perils | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nothing=Theme | | 6 | **impend** | gerund | | | | the thousands of devoted subjects | | in the camp below king | tree rules | | 7 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | heart | | | the margin | | of subjects's graves | tree rules | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/18/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/18/6/) - ↑ back to [Last Day of the Battle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/18/)