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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 (SON, voice, bade, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:15:79 # text = Suddenly he again heard the voice which had bade him fight with the seven men, and this time it said: “Go home now, for your mother is grieved at your absence.” 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 home home ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | SON | the voice | | | again | suddenly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past | the voice | bade SON | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bade=Patient | | 3 | **fight** | present | bade SON *not said here* | | | | | with the seven men | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with man=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | bade | | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | now | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **grieve** *in a quote* | present · passive | | your mother | | your absence | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **absent** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom absence «state 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:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/79/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/15/)