--- title: “You have vaunted your own deserts,” said he, “and have forgotten th… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “You have vaunted your own deserts,” said he, “and have forgotten the deserts of others; nay, you have sought to debase another who has loyally served his sovereign: the reward of your envy and covetousness be upon your head!” Who acts: You, CALIPH, your. 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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 (You, CALIPH, your), 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:pg77685:35:29 # text = “You have vaunted your own deserts,” said he, “and have forgotten the deserts of others; nay, you have sought to debase another who has loyally served his sovereign: the reward of your envy and covetousness be upon your head!” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 vaunted vaunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 nay nay INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 debase debase VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 29 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 loyally loyally ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 amod _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 covetousness covetousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vaunt** *in a quote* | present · perfect | You | your own deserts | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | CALIPH | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **forget** *in a quote* | present · perfect | CALIPH *not said here* | the deserts of others | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **seek** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **debase** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | CALIPH's served sovereign | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sovereign=Patient | | 6 | **serve** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | CALIPH's served sovereign | | | | loyally *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | upon your head; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 8 | **reward** *in a quote* | | | your envy and covetousness | | | | | nom reward «event transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **envy** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom envy «feeling transitive»: poss=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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/30/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/)