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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 (Oliver, name, Charles, My), 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:pg75339:16:93 # text = Oliver answered, "My name is Garin, and I am a poor knight; King Charles has sent me to do battle with you; make ready, therefore, for battle." 1 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 Garin Garin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:desc _ _ 18 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 24 battle battle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Oliver | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | My name | Garin | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Oliver | a poor knight | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Charles King | Oliver | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Charles King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **battle** *in a quote* | infinitive | Charles King *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | battle *conj*; ready, therefore *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **name** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom name «communication 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:** «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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/94/) - ↑ back to [How Fierabras Defied King Charles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/)