--- title: But though my person is in thy power, my soul is unsubdued; and know… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: But though my person is in thy power, my soul is unsubdued; and know that, should I lack force to defend my honour, I have resolution to wash out all stain upon it with my blood. Who acts: person, I, resolution, my. 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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 (person, I, resolution, my), 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:pg77685:37:34 # text = But though my person is in thy power, my soul is unsubdued; and know that, should I lack force to defend my honour, I have resolution to wash out all stain upon it with my blood. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 unsubdued unsubdu VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lack lack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 22 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 30 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 stain stain NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | my person | | | thy power | | thy *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **unsubdu** | present · passive | | my soul | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **lack** | should | I | force | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **defend** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my honour | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Beneficiary | | 6 | **have** | present | I | resolution | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wash out** | to-infinitive | resolution *not said here* | all stain | | | | upon soul; with my blood | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stain=Patient with blood=Instrument | | 8 | **honour** | | my | | | | | | nom honour «state 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/35/) - ↑ back to [Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/)