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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 (Guy, you), 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:pg75339:20:15 # text = Said Guy of Burgundy, "My lord, I pray you send me not on this errand, for if you will send me I am assured that you will never see me again." 1 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Guy Guy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Burgundy Burgundy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 again again ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Guy of Burgundy | | | | | My lord *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | Guy of Burgundy *= guy* | My lord *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **send** *in a quote* | infinitive | you | | Guy of Burgundy *= guy* | this errand | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **send** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | Guy of Burgundy *= guy* | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **assure** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Guy of Burgundy *= guy* | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | future | you | Guy of Burgundy *= guy* | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/16/) - ↑ back to [Of the Bridge of Mantryble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/)