--- title: “Behold,” said they, “with what kindness he treats the enemies of yo… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “Behold,” said they, “with what kindness he treats the enemies of your faith: all the Christians who have borne arms against you, and withstood your entrance into the land, are favoured and protected; but it is enough for a Christian to have befriended the cause of the Moslems to be singled out by A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/37/) [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/) / [Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/) / 37 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 37 “Behold,” said they, “with what kindness he treats the enemies of your faith: all the Christians who have borne arms against you, and withstood your entrance into the land, are favoured and protected; but it is enough for a Christian to have befriended the cause of the Moslems to be singled out by Abdalasis for persecution, and to be driven with scorn from his presence.” **Who acts:** partisans, kindness, entrance, Abdalasis · **What happens:** say, treat, bear, withstand, favour, protect · **To what, where:** enemies, Christians, entrance, land, cause, presence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (partisans, kindness, entrance, Abdalasis), 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:pg77685:36:37 # text = “Behold,” said they, “with what kindness he treats the enemies of your faith: all the Christians who have borne arms against you, and withstood your entrance into the land, are favoured and protected; but it is enough for a Christian to have befriended the cause of the Moslems to be singled out by Abdalasis for persecution, and to be driven with scorn from his presence.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 ccomp _ _ 11 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 treats treat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 26 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 withstood withstand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 favoured favour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 parataxis _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 protected protect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 51 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux _ _ 52 befriended befriend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Moslems Moslem PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 singled single VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 61 out out ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 by by ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Abdalasis Abdalasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 persecution persecution NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 69 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 scorn scorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 73 from from ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | partisans *= partisan* | | | | | what *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **treat** *in a quote* | present | kindness | the enemies of your faith | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent enemy=Recipient | | 3 | **bear** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | all Christians | | | | against you; who *nsubj*; arms *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary arm=Patient | | 4 | **withstand** *in a quote* | past | partisans *= partisan* *not said here* | your entrance | | the land | | | tree rules | | 5 | **favour** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **protect** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | entrance | | | | | for a Christian; enough *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **befriend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · perfect | entrance *not said here* | the cause of the Moslems | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **single out** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | Abdalasis | | | | | for persecution | tree rules | | 10 | **drive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | kindness's presence | | with scorn | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: from presence=Trajectory | | 11 | **cause** *in a quote* | | | the Moslems | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/38/) - ↑ back to [Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/)