--- title: [13] After a little while Roderick plucked up heart, and addressed i… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: [13] After a little while Roderick plucked up heart, and addressed it with great solemnity: “Whatever thou be,” said he, “know that I come not to violate this sanctuary, but to inquire into the mystery it contains; I conjure thee, therefore, to let me pass in safety.” Who acts: Roderick, thou, figur --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/) / 39 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 39 \[13\] After a little while Roderick plucked up heart, and addressed it with great solemnity: “Whatever thou be,” said he, “know that I come not to violate this sanctuary, but to inquire into the mystery it contains; I conjure thee, therefore, to let me pass in safety.” **Who acts:** Roderick, thou, figure · **What happens:** pluck up, address, be, say, know, come · **To what, where:** 13, figure, Whatever, sanctuary, mystery, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Roderick, thou, figure), 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:pg77685:8:39 # text = [13] After a little while Roderick plucked up heart, and addressed it with great solemnity: “Whatever thou be,” said he, “know that I come not to violate this sanctuary, but to inquire into the mystery it contains; I conjure thee, therefore, to let me pass in safety.” 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 13 13 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 After after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 nmod _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 solemnity solemnity NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 ccomp _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 violate violate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 conjure conjure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 51 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 50 conj _ _ 57 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pluck up** | past | Roderick | 13 after a little | | | | heart *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **address** | past | Roderick *not said here* | figure | | | | with great solemnity | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with solemnity=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | Whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Roderick | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Roderick | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **violate** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Roderick *not said here* | this sanctuary | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **inquire** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | the mystery | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **contain** *in a quote* | present | figure | the mystery *not said here* | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mystery=Theme | | 10 | **conjure** *in a quote* | present | Roderick | thee | | | | therefore *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Result | | 11 | **let** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Roderick *not said here* | Roderick | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **pass** *in a quote* | infinitive | Roderick *not said here* | | | safety | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in safety=Location | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/40/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)