--- title: Rest not, halt not, spare not the spur; but hie thee day and night u… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Rest not, halt not, spare not the spur; but hie thee day and night until thou reach the sea; take the first bark, and haste with sail and oar to Ceuta, nor pause until thou give this letter to the count my father.” Who acts: you, thou. 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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 (you, thou), 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:pg77685:6:81 # text = Rest not, halt not, spare not the spur; but hie thee day and night until thou reach the sea; take the first bark, and haste with sail and oar to Ceuta, nor pause until thou give this letter to the count my father.” 1 Rest rest VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 halt halt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 spare spare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 spur spur NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 hie hie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obj _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 until until SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Ceuta Ceuta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 39 pause pause NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 40 until until SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 42 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 iobj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 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 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **rest** | imperative | you *not said here* | haste with sail to Ceuta and oar nor pause | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **halt** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **spare** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the spur | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent spur=Asset | | 4 | **hie** | present | | thee | | | day | | tree rules | | 5 | **reach** | present | thou | the sea | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the first bark | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bark=Theme | | 7 | **give** | present | thou | | this letter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 8 | **count** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | my father | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/82/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Florinda.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/6/)