--- title: Being one evening in the garden where the queen was diverting hersel… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Being one evening in the garden where the queen was diverting herself with her damsels, and coming to the fountain where he had beheld the innocent maidens at their sport, he could no longer restrain the passion that raged within his breast. Who acts: queen, heart, passion, damsels. 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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 (queen, heart, passion, damsels), 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:pg77685:6:35 # text = Being one evening in the garden where the queen was diverting herself with her damsels, and coming to the fountain where he had beheld the innocent maidens at their sport, he could no longer restrain the passion that raged within his breast. 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 diverting divert VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 damsels damsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 no no ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 restrain restrain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 raged rage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 within within ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | gerund | | one evening | | the garden | | | tree rules | | 2 | **divert** | past · progressive | the queen | queen | | | | with queen's damsels | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | | | the fountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fountain=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **behold** | past · perfect | heart | the innocent maidens | | damsels's sport | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus | | 5 | **restrain** | could | heart | the passion | | | | long *property* | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer passion=Eventuality | | 6 | **rage** | past | the passion | | | | | within heart's breast | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sport** | | damsels *= damsel* | | | | | | nom sport «act intransitive»: poss=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/36/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Florinda.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/)