--- title: He spoke, and told them what he had seen and heard in his dream; and… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: He spoke, and told them what he had seen and heard in his dream; and when he had fin-ished, they all cheered loudly, and said that they would follow him and fight for him so long as they had strength. Who acts: King, fin, soldiers. 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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 (King, fin, soldiers), 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:pg18442:4:27 # text = He spoke, and told them what he had seen and heard in his dream; and when he had fin-ished, they all cheered loudly, and said that they would follow him and fight for him so long as they had strength. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 fin fin NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ished ish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 advmod _ _ 27 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 28 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | King | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | King *not said here* | | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | participle | King *not said here* | | | King's dream | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **have** | past | King | fin | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **ish** | participle | fin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cheer** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | loudly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **follow** | would | soldiers *= soldier* | King | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **fight** | infinitive | soldiers *= soldier* *not said here* | | | | | for King; long *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **have** | past | soldiers *= soldier* | strength | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 12 | **dream** | | King | | | | | | nom dream «cognition 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:** «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/28/) - ↑ back to [King Alfred and the Beggar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/4/)