--- title: In his journeyings through the country, he looked round him with a m… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: In his journeyings through the country, he looked round him with a malignant eye; the pipe of the shepherd, and the song of the husbandman, were as discord to his soul; every sight and sound of human happiness sickened him at heart, and, in the bitterness of his spirit, he prayed that he might see t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/45/) [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/) / [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/) / 45 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 45 In his journeyings through the country, he looked round him with a malignant eye; the pipe of the shepherd, and the song of the husbandman, were as discord to his soul; every sight and sound of human happiness sickened him at heart, and, in the bitterness of his spirit, he prayed that he might see the whole scene of prosperity laid waste with fire and sword by the invader. **Who acts:** desolation, sight, husbandman · **What happens:** look, be, sicken, pray, see, lay · **To what, where:** pipe, desolation, heart, whole scene, country This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (desolation, sight, husbandman), 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:pg77685:9:45 # text = In his journeyings through the country, he looked round him with a malignant eye; the pipe of the shepherd, and the song of the husbandman, were as discord to his soul; every sight and sound of human happiness sickened him at heart, and, in the bitterness of his spirit, he prayed that he might see the whole scene of prosperity laid waste with fire and sword by the invader. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 journeyings journeying NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 round round ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 malignant malignant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 husbandman husbandman NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 discord discord NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 37 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 sickened sicken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 bitterness bitterness NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 ccomp _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 69 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 amod _ _ 70 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 appos _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 74 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 conj _ _ 75 by by ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 invader invader NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | desolation | the pipe of the shepherd and the song of the husbandman | | | | round populace; with a malignant eye; in desolation's journeyings through the country | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in journeying=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | desolation *not said here* | | | | | as discord to desolation's soul | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sicken** | past | every sight and sound of human happiness | desolation | | heart | | in the bitterness of desolation's spirit | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **pray** | past | desolation | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **see** | might | desolation | the whole scene of prosperity | | | | by the invader | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scene=Stimulus | | 6 | **lay** | participle | | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **journey** | | desolation | | | the country | | | nom journeying «act transitive»: poss=agent through=place | | 8 | **sing** | | the husbandman | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/46/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/)