--- title: Loyal and true have ye been to me, and loyal have ye been to my son,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Loyal and true have ye been to me, and loyal have ye been to my son, even to the hour of his death; and grieved am I that I have no other means of proving my love for you, than by adventuring my worthless life for your deliverance. Who acts: Loyal, ye, I, other. 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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 (Loyal, ye, I, other), 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:pg77685:25:23 # text = Loyal and true have ye been to me, and loyal have ye been to my son, even to the hour of his death; and grieved am I that I have no other means of proving my love for you, than by adventuring my worthless life for your deliverance. 1 Loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 loyal loyal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 grieved grieve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nsubj _ _ 36 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 proving prove VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 ccomp _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 than than SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 by by SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 adventuring adventure VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 conj _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 worthless worthless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 deliverance deliverance NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Loyal | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | participle | ye | | | | | to me | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | participle | ye | | | | | to my son; my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **grieve** | past | Loyal *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | have *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** | present | no other | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **prove** | gerund | | my love | | | | for you | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme | | 9 | **adventure** | gerund | | my worthless life | | | | for your deliverance | tree rules | | 10 | **die** | | God | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **love** | | my | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **deliver** | | your | | | | | | nom deliverance «act 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/24/) - ↑ back to [Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/)