--- title: The illustrious couple, adorned with all the graces of youth and bea… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The illustrious couple, adorned with all the graces of youth and beauty, were hurried to a scaffold in the great square of Seville, and there beheaded, amidst the shouts and execrations of an infatuated multitude. 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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: 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:pg77685:38:46 # text = The illustrious couple, adorned with all the graces of youth and beauty, were hurried to a scaffold in the great square of Seville, and there beheaded, amidst the shouts and execrations of an infatuated multitude. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 illustrious illustrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 graces grace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 hurried hurry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 scaffold scaffold NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Seville Seville PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 beheaded behead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 amidst amidst SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 execrations execration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 infatuated infatuate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adorn** | participle | | the illustrious couple *not said here* | | | | with all graces of youth and beauty | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with grace=Theme | | 2 | **hurry** | past · passive | | the illustrious couple | | the great square of Seville | | to a scaffold | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to scaffold=Initial\_Location in square=Trajectory | | 3 | **behead** | participle | | | | there | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | | | | | | execrations of a infatuated multitude *conj* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **infatuate** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **execrate** | | | a infatuated multitude | | | | | nom execration «feeling 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/38/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/38/47/) - ↑ back to [Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/38/)