--- title: What has been called “The essence and glory of Magna Charta” reads a… — Hawaiian Historical Legends · tree and pragmatics description: What has been called “The essence and glory of Magna Charta” reads as follows: “No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or dis-seized, or outlawed, or banished, or anyways injured, nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, unless by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/) / 44 # Hawaiian Historical Legends, The First Constitution, sentence 44 What has been called “The essence and glory of Magna Charta” reads as follows: “No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or dis-seized, or outlawed, or banished, or anyways injured, nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, unless by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” **Who acts:** essence, we, Magna · **What happens:** call, read, follow, take, imprison, seize · **To what, where:** freeman, peers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, The First Constitution. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (essence, we, Magna), 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:pg66357:21:44 # text = What has been called “The essence and glory of Magna Charta” reads as follows: “No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or dis-seized, or outlawed, or banished, or anyways injured, nor will we pass upon him, nor send upon him, unless by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 essence essence NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Magna Magna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 Charta Charta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 14 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 freeman freeman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 dis dis NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 outlawed outlaw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 anyways anyways ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 injured injured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 51 cc _ _ 51 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 legal legal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 peers peer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 63 or or CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 by by ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | the essence and glory of Magna *not said here* | | | | | What *obj* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: what=Recipient | | 2 | **read** | present | the essence and glory of Magna | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **follow** | present | the essence and glory of Magna *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | no freeman | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **imprison** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **seize** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | dis *compound* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **outlaw** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **banish** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pass** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | | upon king | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 10 | **send** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | upon king; by the legal judgment of king's peers or the law of the land | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **glory** *in a quote* | | Magna | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent | | 12 | **judge** *in a quote* | | | king's peers or the law of the land | | | | | nom judgment «cognition transitive»: 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:** «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt, Project Gutenberg book 66357 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/45/) - ↑ back to [The First Constitution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/21/)