--- title: The judicious Don Pedro de Roxas holds the account of the buried tre… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The judicious Don Pedro de Roxas holds the account of the buried treasure for fabulous, but the adventure of this unlucky man for very possible; being led on by avarice, or rather the hope of retrieving a desperate fortune. Who acts: judicious Don, avarice, hope. 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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 (judicious Don, avarice, hope), 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:pg77685:21:40 # text = The judicious Don Pedro de Roxas holds the account of the buried treasure for fabulous, but the adventure of this unlucky man for very possible; being led on by avarice, or rather the hope of retrieving a desperate fortune. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 judicious judicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 Pedro Pedro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 de de PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 6 Roxas Roxas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 fabulous fabulous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 22 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 30 on on ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 avarice avarice NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 rather rather ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 retrieving retrieve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | the judicious Don | the account of the buried treasure for fabulous | | | | the adventure of this unlucky man *obl*; Roxas *nsubj* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme | | 2 | **bury** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lead on** | gerund · passive | avarice | the adventure of this unlucky man *not said here* | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 4 | **retrieve** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | a desperate fortune | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 5 | **account** | | | the buried treasure for fabulous | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **adventure** | | | this unlucky man | | | | | nom adventure «act 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/pg77685/21/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/21/41/) - ↑ back to [The Cave of Hercules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/21/)