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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, ten, King Marsilas), 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:pg75339:27:21 # text = Then said King Marsilas to certain of his lords--ten they were in number, and these the most villainous of the whole company--"Take olive-branches in your hands, and go and say to King Charles, 'King Marsilas prays you to have pity upon him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 Marsilas Marsilas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 21 advmod _ _ 21 villainous villainous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 olive olive NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:desc _ _ 42 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Marsilas Marsilas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 prays pray VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | ten | | | number | | chiefs *= chief* *nsubj* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | olive branches | | your hands | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent branch=Value in hand=Location | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Charles King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to charles=Recipient | | 6 | **pray** *in a quote* | present | King Marsilas | you | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King Marsilas *not said here* | pity | | | | upon King | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/22/) - ↑ back to [How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/)