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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 (Reynaud, us, we), 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:pg75339:10:23 # text = Reynaud said to Roland, "Let us light down and fight afoot lest by chance we should kill our horses, for if we lose them we are not like to get their like again." 1 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 afoot afoot ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 like like INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Reynaud | | Roland | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to roland=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **light down** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fight** *in a quote* | present | us *not said here* | | | | | lest chance; afoot *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | should | we | our horses | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 6 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | we | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | like *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **get** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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:** «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/10/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/10/24/) - ↑ back to [How Mawgis Became a Hermit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/10/)