--- title: “My lord and father,” said he, “I blush to hear your warriors recoun… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “My lord and father,” said he, “I blush to hear your warriors recount the toils and dangers they have passed, while I have done nothing to entitle me to their companionship. Who acts: lord, warriors, toils. 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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 (lord, warriors, toils), 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:pg77685:31:5 # text = “My lord and father,” said he, “I blush to hear your warriors recount the toils and dangers they have passed, while I have done nothing to entitle me to their companionship. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 blush blush VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 recount recount VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 toils toil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 dangers danger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 31 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 entitle entitle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 companionship companionship NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My lord and father | | | | | pause *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **blush** *in a quote* | present | My lord and father *= lord* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | My lord and father *= lord* *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **recount** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | your warriors | the toils and dangers | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent toil=Topic | | 5 | **pass** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | the toils and dangers *not said here* | warriors *= warrior* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | My lord and father *= lord* | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 7 | **entitle** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | My lord and father *= lord* *not said here* | My lord and father *= lord* | | | | to warriors's companionship | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/6/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)