--- title: The pious reader, says Fray Antonio Agapida, will be slow to believe… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The pious reader, says Fray Antonio Agapida, will be slow to believe such turpitude; but there is nothing more venomous than the rancour of an apostate priest; for the best things in this world, when corrupted, become the worst and most baneful. Who acts: pious reader, Fray, nothing, best things. 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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 (pious reader, Fray, nothing, best things), 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:pg77685:27:28 # text = The pious reader, says Fray Antonio Agapida, will be slow to believe such turpitude; but there is nothing more venomous than the rancour of an apostate priest; for the best things in this world, when corrupted, become the worst and most baneful. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Fray Fray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 Antonio Antonio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 8 Agapida Agapida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 turpitude turpitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 20 nsubj _ _ 22 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 23 venomous venomous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 24 than than ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 rancour rancour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 apostate apostate NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 41 corrupted corrupt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 worst bad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 xcomp _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 48 advmod _ _ 48 baneful baneful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the pious reader | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | future | Fray | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **believe** | to-infinitive | Fray *not said here* | such turpitude | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer turpitude=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **corrupt** | participle | the best things in this world *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **become** | infinitive | the best things in this world | | | | | bad *property* | tree rules | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/29/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VI.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/27/)