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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 13	punct
2	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 plucked	obl
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 13	punct
4	After	after	ADP	_	6 little	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 little	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 13	nmod
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 plucked	mark
8	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 plucked	nsubj
9	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 plucked	compound:prt
11	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plucked	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 addressed	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 addressed	cc
14	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 plucked	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 addressed	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 solemnity	case
17	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 solemnity	amod
18	solemnity	solemnity	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 addressed	obl
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 said	punct
20	“	"	PUNCT	_	26 said	punct
21	Whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 said	ccomp
22	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	21 Whatever	nsubj
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 Whatever	cop
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Whatever	punct
25	”	"	PUNCT	_	21 Whatever	punct
26	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 plucked	conj
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 said	nsubj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 know	punct
29	“	"	PUNCT	_	30 know	punct
30	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 said	ccomp
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 come	mark
32	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 come	nsubj
33	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 know	ccomp
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	36 violate	advmod
35	to	to	PART	_	36 violate	mark
36	violate	violate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 come	xcomp
37	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	38 sanctuary	det
38	sanctuary	sanctuary	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 violate	obj
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 inquire	punct
40	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 inquire	cc
41	to	to	PART	_	42 inquire	mark
42	inquire	inquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 know	conj
43	into	into	ADP	_	45 mystery	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 mystery	det
45	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 inquire	obl
46	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 contains	nsubj
47	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 mystery	acl:relcl
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 conjure	punct
49	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 conjure	nsubj
50	conjure	conjure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 plucked	parataxis
51	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	50 conjure	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 therefore	punct
53	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	50 conjure	advmod
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 let	punct
55	to	to	PART	_	56 let	mark
56	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	50 conjure	conj
57	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	56 let	obj
58	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 let	xcomp
59	in	in	ADP	_	60 safety	case
60	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 pass	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 plucked	punct
62	”	"	PUNCT	_	9 plucked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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.

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 39