--- title: We abhor their yoke, and are ready, if thou wilt receive us as subje… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: We abhor their yoke, and are ready, if thou wilt receive us as subjects, and permit us the free enjoyment of our religion and our property, to deliver the towers we guard into thy hands, and to give thee safe entrance into the city.” Who acts: We, thou. 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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 (We, thou), 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:pg77685:27:13 # text = We abhor their yoke, and are ready, if thou wilt receive us as subjects, and permit us the free enjoyment of our religion and our property, to deliver the towers we guard into thy hands, and to give thee safe entrance into the city.” 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 abhor abhor VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 yoke yoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 20 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 enjoyment enjoyment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 guard guard VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 44 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 iobj _ _ 45 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **abhor** | present | We | Christians's yoke | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yoke=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **receive** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | us | | | | as subjects | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 4 | **permit** | infinitive | We *not said here* | us | | | | the free enjoyment of our religion and our property *obj* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent we=Theme enjoyment=Location | | 5 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | | the towers | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Patient | | 6 | **guard** | present | we | the towers *not said here* | | thy hands | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Beneficiary | | 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | | safe entrance | thee | the city | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient entrance=Theme | | 8 | **enjoy** | | | our religion and our property | | | | | nom enjoyment «feeling 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/14/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/)