--- title: Even the hearts of the Arab warriors were touched by the lament of t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Even the hearts of the Arab warriors were touched by the lament of the good Pelistes, and they said—“Who was this peerless friend, in whose praise thou art so fervent?” Who acts: lament, Pelistes, peerless friend. 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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 (lament, Pelistes, peerless friend), 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:pg77685:26:20 # text = Even the hearts of the Arab warriors were touched by the lament of the good Pelistes, and they said—“Who was this peerless friend, in whose praise thou art so fervent?” 1 Even even ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lament lament NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Pelistes Peliste PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 — - PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 26 peerless peerless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 fervent fervent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past · passive | the lament of the good Pelistes | the hearts of the Arab warriors | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Pelistes *= peliste* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | peerless friend and peerless friend and peerless friend's praise thou's praise thou | | | | Who *nsubj*; this *nsubj*; peerless friend and peerless friend and praise's praise thou's praise thou *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **lament** | | | the good Pelistes | | | | | nom lament «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **praise** *in a quote* | | peerless friend and peerless friend and praise thou's praise thou | | | | | | nom praise «communication 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/21/) - ↑ back to [Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/)