--- title: Pelistes had been a close and bosom friend of Julian in former times… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Pelistes had been a close and bosom friend of Julian in former times, and had served with him in the wars in Africa; but when the Count advanced to accost him with his wonted amity, he turned away in silence and deigned not to notice him; neither, during the whole of the repast, did he address to hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/) / 6 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 6 Pelistes had been a close and bosom friend of Julian in former times, and had served with him in the wars in Africa; but when the Count advanced to accost him with his wonted amity, he turned away in silence and deigned not to notice him; neither, during the whole of the repast, did he address to him ever a word, but treated him as one unknown. **Who acts:** Pelistes, Count · **What happens:** be, serve, advance, accost, turn away, deign · **To what, where:** close friend, Pelistes, silence, word, Julian This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pelistes, Count), 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:pg77685:26:6 # text = Pelistes had been a close and bosom friend of Julian in former times, and had served with him in the wars in Africa; but when the Count advanced to accost him with his wonted amity, he turned away in silence and deigned not to notice him; neither, during the whole of the repast, did he address to him ever a word, but treated him as one unknown. 1 Pelistes Pelistes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 bosom bosom ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 advanced advance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 accost accost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 wonted wonted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 amity amity NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 41 away away ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 deigned deign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 51 neither neither ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 53 during during ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 repast repast NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 address address VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ _ 65 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 67 advmod _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 but but CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 treated treat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 71 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obj _ _ 72 as as SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 73 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 74 nummod _ _ 74 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | Pelistes | a close friend | | | | of Julian in former times | tree rules | | 2 | **serve** | past · perfect | | | | | | with Pelistes; in the wars in Africa | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent in war=Attribute | | 3 | **advance** | past | the Count | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **accost** | to-infinitive | the Count *not said here* | Pelistes | | | | with Pelistes's wonted amity | tree rules | | 5 | **turn away** | past | Pelistes | | | silence | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **deign** | past | Pelistes *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **notice** | to-infinitive | Pelistes *not said here* | Pelistes | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **address** | past · do-support | Pelistes | a word | Julian | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **treat** | past | Pelistes *not said here* | | Pelistes | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/7/) - ↑ back to [Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/)