--- title: Surrounded by the pleasures of an idle and effeminate court, and beg… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Surrounded by the pleasures of an idle and effeminate court, and beguiled by the example of his degenerate nobles, he gave way to a fatal sensuality that had lain dormant in his nature during the virtuous days of his adversity. Who acts: charm, fatal sensuality. 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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 (charm, fatal sensuality), 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:pg77685:6:10 # text = Surrounded by the pleasures of an idle and effeminate court, and beguiled by the example of his degenerate nobles, he gave way to a fatal sensuality that had lain dormant in his nature during the virtuous days of his adversity. 1 Surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pleasures pleasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl:agent _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 7 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 effeminate effeminate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 10 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 beguiled beguile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 degenerate degenerate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 sensuality sensuality NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 dormant dormant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 during during ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 virtuous virtuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 adversity adversity NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surround** | participle | | | | | | the pleasures of a idle court *obl:agent* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **beguile** | participle | | | | | | by the example of charm's degenerate nobles | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **give** | past | charm | way | a fatal sensuality | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Theme to sensuality=Recipient | | 4 | **lie** | past · perfect | a fatal sensuality | | | charm's nature | day | dormant *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in nature=Location | | 5 | **please** | | | a idle court | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **exemplify** | | | charm's degenerate nobles | | | | | nom example «cognition 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/11/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Florinda.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/)