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title: “Yes! well do I know it,” replied he; “and may the curse of God ligh… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “Yes! well do I know it,” replied he; “and may the curse of God light upon him who has destroyed a better man than himself.” Who acts: veteran, curse light. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., with its dependency tree 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 56

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“Yes! well do I know it,” replied he; “and may the curse of God light upon him who has destroyed a better man than himself.”

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**Who acts:** veteran, curse light · **What happens:** know, reply, destroy, curse · **To what, where:** face, curse light, better man, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (veteran, curse light), 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:pg77685:38:56
# text = “Yes! well do I know it,” replied he; “and may the curse of God light upon him who has destroyed a better man than himself.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
11	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
16	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
22	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod	_	_
24	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
25	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	parataxis	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	29	amod	_	_
29	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
30	than	than	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | veteran | face |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **reply** *speech: express* | past | veteran | curse light upon God |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **destroy** *in a quote* | present · perfect | curse light upon God | a better man |  |  |  | than veteran | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 4 | **curse** *in a quote* |  |  | God |  |  |  |  | nom curse «communication transitive»: of=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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