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title: I trust, however, in thy courtesy as a cavalier to respect me in my… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: I trust, however, in thy courtesy as a cavalier to respect me in my reverses, remembering what I have been; and that, though the crown has been wrested from my brow, the royal blood still warms within my veins.” Who acts: I, royal blood. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 35

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I trust, however, in thy courtesy as a cavalier to respect me in my reverses, remembering what I have been; and that, though the crown has been wrested from my brow, the royal blood still warms within my veins.”

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**Who acts:** I, royal blood · **What happens:** trust, respect, remember, wrest, warm · **To what, where:** me, reverses, that, brow

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, royal blood), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:37:35
# text = I trust, however, in thy courtesy as a cavalier to respect me in my reverses, remembering what I have been; and that, though the crown has been wrested from my brow, the royal blood still warms within my veins.”
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
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	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cavalier	cavalier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	respect	respect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	reverses	reverse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	remembering	remember	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
26	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	wrested	wrest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
34	from	from	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	still	still	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
43	within	within	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	veins	vein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | present | I |  |  |  |  | thy courtesy as a cavalier *parataxis*; however *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **respect** | to-infinitive |  | me |  | my reverses |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
| 3 | **remember** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 4 | **wrest** | present · perfect · passive |  | that |  | my brow |  | the crown *nsubj:pass* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from brow=Source |
| 5 | **warm** | present | the royal blood | my brow *not said here* |  |  | still | within my veins | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brow=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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