--- title: [51] The populace, also, reviled and scoffed at him in his misery; a… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: [51] The populace, also, reviled and scoffed at him in his misery; and as they beheld him led forth to the public gaze, and fainting in the sun, they pointed at him with derision, and exclaimed—“Behold the envious man and the impostor: this is he who pretended to have conquered the land of the unbel --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/) / 39 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 39 \[51\] The populace, also, reviled and scoffed at him in his misery; and as they beheld him led forth to the public gaze, and fainting in the sun, they pointed at him with derision, and exclaimed—“Behold the envious man and the impostor: this is he who pretended to have conquered the land of the unbelievers!” **Who acts:** effects, this · **What happens:** revile, scoff, behold, lead, point, exclaim · **To what, where:** 51, populace, fainting, envious man, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (effects, this), 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:pg77685:35:39 # text = [51] The populace, also, reviled and scoffed at him in his misery; and as they beheld him led forth to the public gaze, and fainting in the sun, they pointed at him with derision, and exclaimed—“Behold the envious man and the impostor: this is he who pretended to have conquered the land of the unbelievers!” 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 51 51 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 populace populace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 also also ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 reviled revile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 scoffed scoff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 fainting fainting NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 derision derision NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 — - PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 “ " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 50 discourse _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 impostor impostor NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 55 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 59 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 61 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux _ _ 62 conquered conquer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 ccomp _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 unbelievers unbeliever NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ! ! PUNCT . _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ” " PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **revile** | participle | | 51 the populace | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **scoff** | participle | | | | | | at populace; in populace's misery | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in misery=Theme | | 3 | **behold** | past | effects *= effect* | populace | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **lead** | past | | fainting in the sun | | | | to the public gaze; forth *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to gaze=Patient | | 5 | **point** | past | effects *= effect* | | | | | at populace; with derision | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | | the envious man and the impostor | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this | | | | | populace *nsubj*; who *nsubj*; pretend *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **conquer** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · perfect | this *not said here* | the land of the unbelievers | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/38/) - next →: [Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/1/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/)