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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, need, 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:pg75339:27:61 # text = Lead your army to Saragossa, lay siege to it, spend, if need be, the rest of your days before it, but take vengeance for the brave men whom King Marsilas did to death." 1 Lead lead VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Saragossa Saragossa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 siege siege NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 28 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 Marsilas Marsilas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 flat _ _ 36 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | imperative | you *not said here* | your army | Saragossa | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent army=Theme to saragossa=Destination | | 2 | **lay** | present | | siege | siege | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent siege=Result | | 3 | **spend** | infinitive | | the rest of your days | | | before need | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | need | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | vengeance | | | | for the brave men | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent vengeance=Theme for man=Beneficiary | | 6 | **do** | past | King | the brave men | | | | to death | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Eventuality | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/62/) - ↑ back to [How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/)