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title: “My lord,” said she, “I am your subject, and in your power; take my… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “My lord,” said she, “I am your subject, and in your power; take my life if it be your pleasure; but nothing shall tempt me to commit a crime which would be treason to the queen, disgrace to my father, agony to my mother, and perdition to myself.” Who acts: lord, nothing, crime. A sentence of «Legen
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 66

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“My lord,” said she, “I am your subject, and in your power; take my life if it be your pleasure; but nothing shall tempt me to commit a crime which would be treason to the queen, disgrace to my father, agony to my mother, and perdition to myself.”

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**Who acts:** lord, nothing, crime · **What happens:** say, be, take, tempt, commit · **To what, where:** power, subject, life, pleasure, lord, crime · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Story of Florinda.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lord, nothing, crime), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:6:66
# text = “My lord,” said she, “I am your subject, and in your power; take my life if it be your pleasure; but nothing shall tempt me to commit a crime which would be treason to the queen, disgrace to my father, agony to my mother, and perdition to myself.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
20	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
21	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	expl	_	_
25	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	cop	_	_
26	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
29	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	32	nsubj	_	_
31	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	tempt	tempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
33	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	commit	commit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	41	nsubj	_	_
39	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	cop	_	_
41	treason	treason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
51	agony	agony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	perdition	perdition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	57	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | My lord |  |  | your power |  | countenance *nsubj*; perdition to myself *parataxis* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | My lord *= lord* | your subject |  |  |  | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | my life |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive |  | your pleasure |  |  |  | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 5 | **tempt** *in a quote* | shall | nothing | My lord *= lord* |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 6 | **commit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | a crime and treason and disgrace | my father and agony |  |  | to my mother | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crime=Theme to father=Destination |
| 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | a crime and treason and disgrace | treason and disgrace |  |  |  | to the queen; disgrace *conj* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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