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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, things), 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:pg75339:11:107 # text = He called for a basin, and took blood from the horse, and this being mixed with other things of which they had a little he prepared a mess, by which the Lady Clare and the children were a little sustained. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 little little NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 mess mess NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Clare Clare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 sustained sustain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Reynaud | | | | | for a basin | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for basin=Recipient | | 2 | **take** | past | | blood | | | | from the horse | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent blood=Theme from horse=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **mix** | gerund · passive | | this | | | | with other things | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with thing=Co-Patient | | 4 | **have** | past | things *= thing* | a little | | | | of other things | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient | | 5 | **prepare** | past | Reynaud | a mess | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mess=Patient | | 6 | **sustain** | past · passive | | the Lady Clare and the children | | | | a little *obl:unmarked*; which *obl* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/108/) - ↑ back to [Of What Befell At Montalban](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/)