--- title: As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her b… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her beautiful head, her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimson boddice, and her timid blushes increased the effulgence of her charms. Who acts: thorn, amber, timid blushes. 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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 (thorn, amber, timid blushes), 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:pg77685:6:38 # text = As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her beautiful head, her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimson boddice, and her timid blushes increased the effulgence of her charms. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 amber amber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 locks lock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 ringlets ringlet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 22 palpitated palpitate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 crimson crimson NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 boddice boddice NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 timid timid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 blushes blush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 effulgence effulgence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel** | past | thorn | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lock** | present | thorn's amber | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | past | thorn's amber *not said here* | | | rich ringlets about thorn's beautiful head and thorn's innocent bosom | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ringlet=Location | | 4 | **palpitate** | participle | | thorn's innocent bosom *not said here* | | | | beneath the crimson boddice | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **increase** | past | thorn's timid blushes | the effulgence of thorn's charms | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer effulgence=Patient | | 6 | **bosom** | | thorn | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **blush** | | thorn | | | | | | nom blush «state 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/39/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Florinda.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/)