--- title: “But how shall I be secured,” said he, “that all thy tribe will fulf… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “But how shall I be secured,” said he, “that all thy tribe will fulfil what thou hast engaged, and that this is not a stratagem to get me and my people into your power?” Who acts: plan, tribe, this. 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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 (plan, tribe, this), 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:pg77685:27:16 # text = “But how shall I be secured,” said he, “that all thy tribe will fulfil what thou hast engaged, and that this is not a stratagem to get me and my people into your power?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 stratagem stratagem NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **secure** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | plan | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | plan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | future | thy tribe | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **engage** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | what *nsubj:pass*; thou *nsubj:pass* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | this | a stratagem | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | plan *not said here* | plan | | your power | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/17/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/)