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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, way), 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:pg75339:18:26 # text = Seeing, therefore, that there was no way for him to escape, he prayed to God that it might be granted to him not to die at that time, but rather to live till he should come to his end in company with Roland his comrade. 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 rather rather ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 37 till till SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | Oliver *not said here* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **be** | past | no way | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Oliver | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pray** | past | Oliver | | God | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **grant** | might · passive | | way | Oliver | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to he=Goal | | 6 | **not** **die** | to-infinitive | | | | | time | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **live** | to-infinitive | Oliver *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | should | Oliver | Oliver's comrade | | company with Roland | to Oliver's end | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/27/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)