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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 (Fierabras, King, you), 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:pg75339:17:52 # text = But now Fierabras began to jeer and scoff at Oliver, "Now I know that you are vanquished, for you dare not put out your hand to take your sword for fear of me; no, you would not stoop to the ground to gain the wealth of the whole world. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 jeer jeer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 scoff scoff VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 dare dare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 25 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 stoop stoop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Fierabras | | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **jeer** | to-infinitive | Fierabras *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **scoff** | infinitive | Fierabras *not said here* | | | Oliver | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **vanquish** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **put out** *in a quote* | present | you | your hand | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your sword | | | | for fear of me | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sword=Theme for fear=Beneficiary | | 8 | **not** **stoop** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | to the ground | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **gain** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the wealth of the whole world | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | | 10 | **fear** *in a quote* | | | me | | | | | nom fear «feeling 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:** «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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/53/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver Fought With Fierabras](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/)