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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 (nephew), 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:pg75339:29:65 # text = The nephew of King Marsilas rode to the front of the army and said to his uncle, "Sire, I have served you faithfully, enduring much labour and trouble, fighting many battles, and winning not a few victories. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Marsilas Marsilas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 enduring endure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 winning win VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 victories victory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | the nephew of King Marsilas | | | the front of the army | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to front=Trajectory | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the nephew of King Marsilas *not said here* | | nephew's uncle and Sire | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to uncle=Recipient | | 3 | **serve** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the nephew of King Marsilas *= nephew* | nephew's uncle and Sire *= uncle* | | | | faithfully *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Attribute | | 4 | **endure** *in a quote* | gerund | the nephew of King Marsilas *= nephew* *not said here* | much labour and trouble | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme labour=Circumstance | | 5 | **fight** *in a quote* | gerund | the nephew of King Marsilas *= nephew* *not said here* | many battles | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent | | 6 | **win** *in a quote* | gerund | the nephew of King Marsilas *not said here* | a few victories | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/66/) - ↑ back to [Of the Plot Against Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/)