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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 (you, I), 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:pg75339:20:27 # text = Go you, therefore, and demand of him my son Fierabras, and bid him do homage for his kingdom, or I will come with one hundred thousand men, and constrain him." 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 bid bid VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 homage homage NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 for for 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 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 compound _ _ 29 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 compound _ _ 30 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 constrain constrain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | you | | | | son Fierabras demand of demand *obl*; therefore *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location you=Theme | | 2 | **bid** | infinitive | you *not said here* | demand | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* | homage | | | | for demand's kingdom | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Eventuality | | 4 | **come** | future | I | | | | | with thousand men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **constrain** | infinitive | you *not said here* | demand | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Patient | | 6 | **demand** | | | demand | | | | | nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/28/) - ↑ back to [Of the Bridge of Mantryble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/)