--- title: When the hapless Florinda came in presence of her mother, she fell o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When the hapless Florinda came in presence of her mother, she fell on her neck, and hid her face in her bosom, and wept; but the countess shed never a tear, for she was a woman haughty of spirit and strong of heart. Who acts: hapless Florinda, Florinda, countess. 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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 (hapless Florinda, Florinda, countess), 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:pg77685:9:47 # text = When the hapless Florinda came in presence of her mother, she fell on her neck, and hid her face in her bosom, and wept; but the countess shed never a tear, for she was a woman haughty of spirit and strong of heart. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 hapless hapless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Florinda Florinda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 countess countess NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 42 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the hapless Florinda | | | presence of Florinda's mother | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in presence=Location | | 2 | **fall** | past | Florinda | | | Florinda's neck | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on neck=Location | | 3 | **hide** | past | Florinda *not said here* | Florinda's face | | Florinda's bosom | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Patient in bosom=Location | | 4 | **weep** | past | Florinda *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shed** | past | the countess | a tear | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tear=Source | | 6 | **is** | past | countess | | | | | for a woman | tree rules | | 7 | **bosom** | | Florinda | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/48/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/)