--- title: Your Majesty thinks I am my lord the Abbot of Canterbury; but as you… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Your Majesty thinks I am my lord the Abbot of Canterbury; but as you may see," and here he raised his cowl, "I am but his poor shepherd, that am come to ask your pardon for him and for me." Who acts: Majesty, I, you, pardon. 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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 (Majesty, I, you, pardon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg14241:28:63 # text = Your Majesty thinks I am my lord the Abbot of Canterbury; but as you may see," and here he raised his cowl, "I am but his poor shepherd, that am come to ask your pardon for him and for me." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Abbot Abbot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Canterbury Canterbury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 cowl cowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 29 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Your Majesty | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | my lord | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | may | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **raise** *in a quote* | past | Majesty | Majesty's cowl | | here | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cowl=Theme | | 5 | **come** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | your pardon | | | | | for Majesty | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pardon** | | your | | | | | | nom pardon «act 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/64/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)