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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 (John, you, my), 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:pg18442:9:22 # text = "Well, then," said King John, "as I sit here with my crown of gold on my head, you must tell me to within a day just how long I shall live. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:desc _ _ 9 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 15 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 within within ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 just just ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 35 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John King | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | John King *= john* | | | my head; here | | with my crown of gold | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | you | | John King *= john* | | day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **live** *in a quote* | shall | John King *= john* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **crown** *in a quote* | | my | gold | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/9/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/9/23/) - ↑ back to [I. the Three Questions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/9/)