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title: In very truth, however, she appears to have been a guiltless victim,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: In very truth, however, she appears to have been a guiltless victim, resisting, as far as helpless female could resist, the arts and intrigues of a powerful monarch, who had nought to check the indulgence of his will, and bewailing her disgrace with a poignancy that shows how dearly she had prized h
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 72

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In very truth, however, she appears to have been a guiltless victim, resisting, as far as helpless female could resist, the arts and intrigues of a powerful monarch, who had nought to check the indulgence of his will, and bewailing her disgrace with a poignancy that shows how dearly she had prized her honour.

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**Who acts:** name, helpless female, powerful monarch, nought, poignancy · **What happens:** appear, be, resist, have, check, bewail · **To what, where:** truth, guiltless victim, arts, nought, indulgence, disgrace · **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 (name, helpless female, powerful monarch, nought), 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:pg77685:6:72
# text = In very truth, however, she appears to have been a guiltless victim, resisting, as far as helpless female could resist, the arts and intrigues of a powerful monarch, who had nought to check the indulgence of his will, and bewailing her disgrace with a poignancy that shows how dearly she had prized her honour.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	however	however	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	appears	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	guiltless	guiltless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	victim	victim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	resisting	resist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	as	as	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	helpless	helpless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
23	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	resist	resist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	arts	art	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	intrigues	intrigue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
36	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	_
37	nought	nought	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	36	obj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	indulgence	indulgence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	of	of	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	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	bewailing	bewail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
48	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	poignancy	poignancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
53	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj	_	_
54	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	acl:relcl	_	_
55	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	56	advmod	_	_
56	dearly	dearly	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
57	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj:pass	_	_
58	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	prized	prize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	54	ccomp	_	_
60	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | name |  |  | truth |  | however *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in truth=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive · perfect | name *not said here* | a guiltless victim |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **resist** | gerund | name *not said here* | the arts of a powerful monarch and intrigues |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **resist** | could | helpless female |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **have** | past | a powerful monarch | nought |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **check** | to-infinitive | nought *not said here* | the indulgence |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indulgence=Theme |
| 7 | **bewail** | gerund | name *not said here* | name's disgrace |  |  |  | with a poignancy | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer disgrace=Stimulus |
| 8 | **show** | present | a poignancy |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 9 | **prize** | past · perfect · passive |  | name |  |  |  | name's honour *obj*; dearly *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **disgrace** |  | name |  |  |  |  |  | nom disgrace «state transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **honour** |  | name |  |  |  |  |  | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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