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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 (peace, son, fool, 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:pg75339:28:66 # text = All held their peace save the King's son, who cried, "Ganelon has spoken as a fool speaks; verily he deserves to die. 1 All all ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 save save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Ganelon Ganelon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 verily verily ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 deserves deserve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | | | | | | all *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **save** | present | ambassadors's peace | the King's son | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the King's son | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Ganelon | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | a fool | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | King | | | | | verily *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **pacify** | | ambassadors *= ambassador* | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/67/) - ↑ back to [The Treason of Ganelon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/)