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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, that, my), 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:pg75339:18:54 # text = When Fierabras heard these words, he sighed and said, "Most noble King, I pray you of your mercy to pardon me and cause to be made a Christian man, so that, if I should be healed of my wounds, I may do all that is in me to advance the Christian faith, and to deliver the Holy Sepulchre. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 14 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 pardon pardon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 advance advance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 66 compound _ _ 66 Sepulchre Sepulchre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Fierabras | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **sigh** | past | Fierabras | | | | | so that | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fierabras *not said here* | | | | | Most noble King *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | Fierabras | you | | | | of your mercy | tree rules | | 5 | **pardon** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fierabras *not said here* | Fierabras | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **cause** *in a quote* | infinitive | Fierabras *not said here* | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 7 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | Fierabras *not said here* | a Christian man | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: man=Product | | 8 | **heal** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should · passive | | Fierabras | | | | of my wounds | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | may | Fierabras | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | in Fierabras | tree rules | | 11 | **advance** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Fierabras *not said here* | the Christian faith | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer faith=Patient | | 12 | **deliver** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the Holy Sepulchre | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sepulchre=Patient | | 13 | **wound** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/55/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)