--- title: “What tidings from the king?” said the count, as the page knelt befo… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “What tidings from the king?” said the count, as the page knelt before him: “None, my lord,” replied the youth, “but I bear a letter sent in all haste by the Lady Florinda.” Who acts: tidings, page, None. 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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 (tidings, page, None), 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:pg77685:9:21 # text = “What tidings from the king?” said the count, as the page knelt before him: “None, my lord,” replied the youth, “but I bear a letter sent in all haste by the Lady Florinda.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 bear bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Florinda Florinda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | what tidings from the king | the count | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent count=Topic | | 2 | **kneel** | past | the page | | | | before king | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | None | the youth | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** *in a quote* | present | None | a letter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | | 5 | **send** *in a quote* | participle | | a letter *not said here* | | all haste | | by the Lady Florinda | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in haste=Destination | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/22/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/)