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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 (Duke, great King, 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:pg75339:21:10 # text = The Duke answered that he would gladly do this, and so proceeded: "The great and noble King of France bids you render to him the crown of thorns with which our Lord Christ was crowned and the other Holy Things. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 bids bid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 render render VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obl _ _ 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 crowned crown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 43 compound _ _ 43 Things Thing PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Duke | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | would | Duke | this | | | | gladly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 3 | **proceed** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bid** *in a quote* | present | the great King of France | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **render** *in a quote* | present | you | the crown of thorns | Duke | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to he=Recipient | | 6 | **crown** *in a quote* | past · passive | | our Lord | | | | with thorns; the other Holy Things *conj* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with which=Theme | | 7 | **crown** *in a quote* | | | thorns | | | | | nom crown «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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/11/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of Floripas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/)