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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 (Admiral, ill fortune), 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:pg75339:19:8 # text = Being recovered from this, he made a great complaint of his ill-fortune, and lamented over his son, as one who never having been vanquished before had now suffered defeat. 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 recovered recover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 complaint complaint NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 lamented lament VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 19 over over 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 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obl _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 27 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 30 before before ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 34 defeat defeat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recover** | gerund · passive | Admiral *not said here* | | | this | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from this=Source | | 2 | **make** | past | Admiral | a great complaint of Admiral's ill fortune | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent complaint=Product | | 3 | **lament** | participle | Admiral *not said here* | | | | | over Admiral's son | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **vanquish** | gerund · perfect · passive | | | | | | as one; who *nsubj:pass*; before *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **suffer** | past · perfect | Admiral *not said here* | defeat | | | now | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer defeat=Stimulus | | 6 | **complain** | | Admiral's ill fortune | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: of=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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/9/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and His Comrades Fared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/)