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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), 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:pg75339:18:3 # text = When Oliver heard him speak and saw in what a strait he was, he had great compassion on him, and laid him under a tree, and so bound up his wounds that he staunched the bleeding. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 11 det _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 strait strait NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 under under ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 staunched staunch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bleeding bleeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Oliver | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | Oliver | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | Oliver *not said here* | | | what strait | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **have** | past | Oliver | great compassion | | | | on Fierabras | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient | | 5 | **lay** | past | Oliver *not said here* | Oliver | | a tree | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme under tree=Destination | | 6 | **bind up** | participle | Oliver *not said here* | Oliver's wounds | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient | | 7 | **staunch** | past | Oliver | the bleeding | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wound** | | Oliver | | | | | | nom wound «state 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/4/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)