--- title: She appeared in his presence with a haughty demeanour, as if she had… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: She appeared in his presence with a haughty demeanour, as if she had been a queen receiving homage; but when he demanded her son, she faltered, and turned pale, and replied, “My son is with the dead.” Who acts: part, queen, boy, son. 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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 (part, queen, boy, son), 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:pg77685:39:119 # text = She appeared in his presence with a haughty demeanour, as if she had been a queen receiving homage; but when he demanded her son, she faltered, and turned pale, and replied, “My son is with the dead.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 demeanour demeanour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 18 receiving receive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 homage homage NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 faltered falter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 33 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | part | | | boy's presence with a haughty demeanour | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in presence=Location | | 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | part | a queen | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **receive** | gerund | a queen *not said here* | homage | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Theme | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | boy | part's son | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme son=Precondition | | 5 | **falter** | past | part | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | past | part *not said here* | | | | | pale *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My son | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/120/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)