--- title: "We should like to make peace with the Roman people," they said, "an… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: "We should like to make peace with the Roman people," they said, "and we are sure, that, if your rulers at home knew how the war is going, they would be glad to make peace with us. Who acts: We, people, rulers, war. 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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 (We, people, rulers, war), 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:pg18442:28:13 # text = "We should like to make peace with the Roman people," they said, "and we are sure, that, if your rulers at home knew how the war is going, they would be glad to make peace with us. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | should | We | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | We *not said here* | peace | | | | with the Roman people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | that *obl*; sure *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | your rulers at home | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the war | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | would | rulers *= ruler* | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | rulers *= ruler* *not said here* | peace | | | | with us | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | 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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/28/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/28/14/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Regulus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/28/)