--- title: Seeing her face clouded with sorrow and anxiety, he soothed her with… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing her face clouded with sorrow and anxiety, he soothed her with gentle and courteous words, and, conducting her to a royal palace, “Behold,” said he, “thy habitation, where no one shall molest thee; consider thyself at home in the mansion of thy father, and dispose of any thing according to thy --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/) / 31 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 31 Seeing her face clouded with sorrow and anxiety, he soothed her with gentle and courteous words, and, conducting her to a royal palace, “Behold,” said he, “thy habitation, where no one shall molest thee; consider thyself at home in the mansion of thy father, and dispose of any thing according to thy will.” **Who acts:** Toledo · **What happens:** see, cloud, soothe, conduct, say, consider · **To what, where:** face, Elyata, royal palace, thyself, home · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Toledo), 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:pg77685:4:31 # text = Seeing her face clouded with sorrow and anxiety, he soothed her with gentle and courteous words, and, conducting her to a royal palace, “Behold,” said he, “thy habitation, where no one shall molest thee; consider thyself at home in the mansion of thy father, and dispose of any thing according to thy will.” 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 clouded cloud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 soothed soothe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 courteous courteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 conducting conduct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 molest mol ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 appos _ _ 44 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 47 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 46 obj _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 mansion mansion NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 dispose dispose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 61 det _ _ 61 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 65 case _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 62 fixed _ _ 64 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ” " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | Toledo *not said here* | Elyata's face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 2 | **cloud** | participle | | Elyata's face *not said here* | | | | with sorrow and anxiety | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sorrow=Instrument | | 3 | **soothe** | past | Toledo | Elyata | | | | with gentle words; dispose of any thing *parataxis* | tree rules | | 4 | **conduct** | gerund | Toledo *not said here* | Elyata | | a royal palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Toledo | | | | | thy habitation *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **consider** *in a quote* | infinitive | Toledo *not said here* | thyself | | home | | in the mansion of thy father | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent thyself=Attribute | | 7 | **accord** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/32/) - ↑ back to [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/)