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title: “Emir,” replied the countess, “may the greatest torments be my porti… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “Emir,” replied the countess, “may the greatest torments be my portion, both here and hereafter, if what I speak be not the truth! Who acts: Emir, greatest torments. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., with its dependency tre
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 121

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“Emir,” replied the countess, “may the greatest torments be my portion, both here and hereafter, if what I speak be not the truth!

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**Who acts:** Emir, greatest torments · **What happens:** reply, be, speak, not be · **To what, where:** countess, portion, truth · **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 (Emir, greatest torments), 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:pg77685:39:121
# text = “Emir,” replied the countess, “may the greatest torments be my portion, both here and hereafter, if what I speak be not the truth!
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Emir	Emir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	replied	reply	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	countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	torments	torment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc:preconj	_	_
19	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	ccomp	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	hereafter	hereafter	ADV	RB	_	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	parataxis	_	_
25	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	acl:relcl	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	cop	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: express* | past | Emir | the countess and my portion |  |  |  | what *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | may | the greatest torments | my portion |  |  |  | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Emir |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the truth |  |  |  |  | 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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