--- title: Had the heart of the emir been capable of pity, it would have been t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Had the heart of the emir been capable of pity, it would have been touched by the tender youth and innocent beauty of the child; but his heart was as the nether millstone, and he was bent upon the destruction of the whole family of Julian. Who acts: emir, tender youth, heart. 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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 (emir, tender youth, heart), 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:pg77685:39:143 # text = Had the heart of the emir been capable of pity, it would have been touched by the tender youth and innocent beauty of the child; but his heart was as the nether millstone, and he was bent upon the destruction of the whole family of Julian. 1 Had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 emir emir NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 capable capable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 nether nether ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 millstone millstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | the heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 2 | **is** | participle | emir | the heart *not said here* | | | | of pity; capable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **touch** | would · perfect · passive | the tender youth and innocent beauty of the child | heart | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | God's heart | | | | | as the nether millstone | tree rules | | 5 | **bend** | past · passive | | God | | the destruction of the whole family of Julian | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme upon destruction=Location | | 6 | **destroy** | | | the whole family of Julian | | | | | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/144/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)