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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 (King), 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:pg75339:20:13 # text = Last of all he spied Guy of Burgundy and said to him, "You are my cousin and nearest to me in blood, you shall be the seventh with these six to take my message to Balan the Admiral. 1 Last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 spied spy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Guy Guy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Burgundy Burgundy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 33 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Balan Balan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spy** | past | King | Guy of Burgundy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King *not said here* | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | King | my cousin | | | | my *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | | King *not said here* | | King | blood | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | King | | | | | with these; six *obl*; seventh *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | my message | Balan | | | the Admiral *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument message=Theme admiral=Destination | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/14/) - ↑ back to [Of the Bridge of Mantryble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/)