--- title: Their names were held sacred as martyrs to the Christian faith: but… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Their names were held sacred as martyrs to the Christian faith: but many read in their untimely fate a lesson against ambition and vainglory; having sacrificed real power and substantial rule to the glittering bauble of a crown. Who acts: many, bodies, names. 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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 (many, bodies, names), 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:pg77685:38:49 # text = Their names were held sacred as martyrs to the Christian faith: but many read in their untimely fate a lesson against ambition and vainglory; having sacrificed real power and substantial rule to the glittering bauble of a crown. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 martyrs martyr NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ _ 15 read read VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 untimely untimely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 ambition ambition NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 vainglory vainglory NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 27 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 28 sacrificed sacrifice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 29 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 substantial substantial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 bauble bauble NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past · passive | | bodies's names | | | | as martyrs to the Christian faith; sacred *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **read** | present | many | a lesson | | names's untimely fate | | against ambition and vainglory | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | sacrificed real power and substantial rule | | | | to the glittering bauble of a crown | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 4 | **sacrifice** | participle | | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **name** | | bodies *= body* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **fate** | | names *= name* | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/38/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/38/50/) - ↑ back to [Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/38/)