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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, this, having), 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:pg75339:19:9 # text = And at last, so great was his rage, he cried, "Now if this be true, and Fierabras my son is lost to me, verily I will strike out the brains of this false god Mahomet, who having promised me so much has fulfilled so little." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 verily verily ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 csubj _ _ 45 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Admiral's last rage | | | | Admiral *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Admiral | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | this | | | | now | true *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Fierabras | Admiral | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **strike out** *in a quote* | future | Admiral | the brains of this false god | | | | verily *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | having | | Admiral | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **fulfil** *in a quote* | present · perfect | having *not said here* | little | | | | | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/10/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and His Comrades Fared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/)