--- title: “I have done the best I could to serve God and the caliph,” said he,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “I have done the best I could to serve God and the caliph,” said he, emphatically; “my conscience acquits me, and I trust my sovereign will do the same.” Who acts: eye, conscience, sovereign. 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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 (eye, conscience, sovereign), 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:pg77685:32:24 # text = “I have done the best I could to serve God and the caliph,” said he, emphatically; “my conscience acquits me, and I trust my sovereign will do the same.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 obj _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 obl:agent _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 emphatically emphatically ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 acquits acquit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 trust trust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | eye | the best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 2 | **serve** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | eye *not said here* | God and the caliph | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | eye | | | | | emphatically *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **acquit** *in a quote* | present | my conscience | eye | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer i=Source | | 5 | **trust** *in a quote* | present | eye | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | future | my sovereign | the same | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/25/) - ↑ back to [Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/32/)