--- title: "In the first place," they said, "you must tell the Romans about the… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: "In the first place," they said, "you must tell the Romans about the battles which you have lost, and you must make it plain to them that they have not gained any-thing by the war. Who acts: Romans, you, battle. 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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 (Romans, you, battle), 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:pg18442:28:16 # text = "In the first place," they said, "you must tell the Romans about the battles which you have lost, and you must make it plain to them that they have not gained any-thing by the war. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 plain plain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Romans *= roman* | | | the first place | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | you | | the Romans | | | about the battles | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent roman=Recipient about battle=Topic | | 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | the battles | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | must | you | battle | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **plain** *in a quote* | infinitive | battle *not said here* | | Romans *= roman* | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **gain** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Romans *= roman* | any thing | | | | by the war | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/28/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/28/17/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Regulus.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/28/)