--- title: The patience of the king was now exhausted, and he advanced to apply… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The patience of the king was now exhausted, and he advanced to apply his hand; scarcely, however, did he touch the iron gate, when it swung slowly open, uttering, as it were, a dismal groan, as it turned reluctantly upon its hinges. Who acts: King, patience. 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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 (King, patience), 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:pg77685:8:30 # text = The patience of the king was now exhausted, and he advanced to apply his hand; scarcely, however, did he touch the iron gate, when it swung slowly open, uttering, as it were, a dismal groan, as it turned reluctantly upon its hinges. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 advanced advance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 apply apply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 18 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 however however ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 32 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 uttering utter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 dismal dismal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 groan groan NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 48 reluctantly reluctantly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 hinges hinge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exhaust** | past · passive | | the patience of the king | | | now | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **advance** | past | King | | | | | | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **apply** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King's hand | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 4 | **touch** | past · do-support | King | the iron gate | | | | however, scarcely *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gate=Co-Theme | | 5 | **swing** | past | patience | | | | | open *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund | patience *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | patience | a dismal groan | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **turn** | past | patience | | | gate's hinges | | reluctantly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon hinge=Trajectory | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/31/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)