--- title: As yet the heart of Roderick, occupied by the struggles of his early… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: As yet the heart of Roderick, occupied by the struggles of his early life, by warlike enterprises, and by the inquietudes of newly-gotten power, had been insensible to the charms of women; but in the present voluptuous calm the amorous propensities of his nature assumed their sway. 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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 (present voluptuous calm amorous propensities, early life), 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:pg77685:4:1 # text = As yet the heart of Roderick, occupied by the struggles of his early life, by warlike enterprises, and by the inquietudes of newly-gotten power, had been insensible to the charms of women; but in the present voluptuous calm the amorous propensities of his nature assumed their sway. 1 As as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 occupied occupy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 struggles struggle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 warlike warlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 enterprises enterprise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 inquietudes inquietude NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 newly newly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 gotten get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 33 insensible insensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 43 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 44 voluptuous voluptuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 45 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 amorous amorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 propensities propensity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 assumed assume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 53 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 sway sway NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **occupy** | participle | | the heart of Roderick *not said here* | | | | by the struggles of Roderick's early life; by warlike enterprises | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **get** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past · perfect | | | | | | by the inquietudes of gotten power; to the charms of women; insensible *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **assume** | past | the present voluptuous calm amorous propensities of Roderick's nature | propensities's sway | | | | as the heart of Roderick | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sway=Theme | | 5 | **struggle** | | Roderick's early life | | | | | | nom struggle «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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: [The Rise of Don Roderick.—hi…, 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/39/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/2/) - ↑ back to [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/)