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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, greatest lord), 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:pg75339:18:27 # text = After this he drew Hautclere his sword, and smote the first man that he encountered--he was the son of the greatest lord that was in the army of the Saracens--and cleft his body to the breast, so that he fell down dead. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Hautclere Hautclere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 encountered encounter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Saracens saracen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 cleft cleft VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 46 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | Oliver | Hautclere | | | after this | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hautclere=Theme | | 2 | **smite** | past | Oliver *not said here* | the first man | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer | | 3 | **encounter** | past | Oliver | | | | | | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | past | Oliver | the son | | | | of the greatest lord | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the greatest lord | | | the army | | of the Saracens | tree rules | | 6 | **cleft** | infinitive | Oliver *not said here* | Oliver's body | | | | to the breast | tree rules | | 7 | **fall down** | past | Oliver | | | | | dead, down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/28/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)