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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 (done, strength), 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:pg75339:18:31 # text = First his horse was slain under him, and though he rose again from the earth and stood upon his feet, and dealt many mighty blows, slaying many, yet he was overcome by the strength and number of the Saracens. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 again again ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 dealt deal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 slaying slay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 30 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Saracens Saracen PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | past · passive | | done's horse | | | | under done; first *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **rise** | past | done | | | the earth | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from earth=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **stand** | past | done *not said here* | | | done's feet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon foot=Location | | 4 | **deal** | past | done *not said here* | many mighty blows | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 5 | **slay** | gerund | done *not said here* | many | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 6 | **overcome** | past · passive | the strength and number of the Saracens | done | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/32/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)