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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, Oliver), 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:pg75339:18:1 # text = Fierabras, knowing himself to be vanquished, cried to Oliver, "I crave your mercy, noble knight, and I pray that I may be baptized; for how can I refuse to believe in the God by whose help you have now overcome me? 1 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 crave crave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 baptized baptize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 33 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 47 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | gerund | Fierabras *not said here* | Fierabras | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | | 2 | **vanquish** | to-infinitive · passive | Fierabras *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Fierabras | | Oliver | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to oliver=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **crave** *in a quote* | present | Fierabras | your mercy | | | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mercy=Theme | | 5 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | Fierabras | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **baptize** *in a quote* | may · passive | | Fierabras | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result | | 7 | **refuse** *in a quote* | can | Fierabras | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **not** **believe** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fierabras *not said here* | | | | | in the God; by help | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **overcome** *in a quote* | present | Oliver | Fierabras | | | now | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=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: [How Oliver Fought With Fiera…, 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/82/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/2/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)