--- title: How I have conducted myself, the honourable warriors of thy host wil… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: How I have conducted myself, the honourable warriors of thy host will tell thee; nay, let our enemies, the Christians, be asked if I have ever shown myself cowardly, or cruel, or rapacious.” Who acts: I, honourable warriors. 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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 (I, honourable warriors), 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:pg77685:34:40 # text = How I have conducted myself, the honourable warriors of thy host will tell thee; nay, let our enemies, the Christians, be asked if I have ever shown myself cowardly, or cruel, or rapacious.” 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 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 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 5 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 honourable honourable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 nay nay INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 advmod _ _ 32 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ _ 33 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 cowardly cowardly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 rapacious rapacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conduct** | present · perfect | I | myself | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | the honourable warriors of thy host | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | the honourable warriors of thy host *not said here* | our enemies | | | | the Christians *xcomp* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive · passive | the honourable warriors of thy host *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: clause=Topic | | 5 | **show** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | I | myself | | | ever | cowardly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/41/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/)