--- title: “Part not from me,” said he, “but do thou at least attend to my coun… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “Part not from me,” said he, “but do thou at least attend to my counsel, my son; and, of a truth, I believe thou art my son, for thou art the offspring of one of my handmaids who was kind unto me.” Who acts: Theodomir, handmaids. 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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 (Theodomir, handmaids), 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:pg77685:31:69 # text = “Part not from me,” said he, “but do thou at least attend to my counsel, my son; and, of a truth, I believe thou art my son, for thou art the offspring of one of my handmaids who was kind unto me.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 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 , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 obl _ _ 17 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 handmaids handmaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 acl:relcl _ _ 51 unto unto ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Theodomir | | | | | Part from me *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **attend** *in a quote* | present · do-support | | | | least | | to my counsel; my son *vocative* | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to counsel=Theme | | 3 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | Theodomir | | | | | of a truth | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | my handmaids | | | | | unto Theodomir; kind *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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/70/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)