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title: “Countess,” said the emir, “I am not to be deceived; tell me where y… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “Countess,” said the emir, “I am not to be deceived; tell me where you have concealed the boy, or tortures shall wring from you the secret.” Who acts: Countess, you, tortures. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., with its depe
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 120

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“Countess,” said the emir, “I am not to be deceived; tell me where you have concealed the boy, or tortures shall wring from you the secret.”

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**Who acts:** Countess, you, tortures · **What happens:** say, not deceive, tell, conceal, wring · **To what, where:** emir, Countess, secret, boy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Countess, you, tortures), 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:pg77685:39:120
# text = “Countess,” said the emir, “I am not to be deceived; tell me where you have concealed the boy, or tortures shall wring from you the secret.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	emir	emir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
11	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
18	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	22	advmod	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	ccomp	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	tortures	torture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nsubj	_	_
28	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	wring	wring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
30	from	from	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	29	nmod	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Countess | the emir |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **deceive** *in a quote* | present · passive | Countess *not said here* | Countess |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the secret | Countess |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **conceal** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient |
| 5 | **wring** *in a quote* | shall | tortures |  |  |  |  | from you | tree rules |

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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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