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" **Who acts:** you, King · **What happens:** rest, assure, spend, follow, receive, become · **To what, where:** month, you, France, law, kingdom This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Plot Against Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, 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:pg75339:29:9 # text = As for the King himself, you may rest assured that before this month is spent he will follow you to France, and that he will receive the law of Christ, and will become your vassal holding the kingdom of Spain from you." " 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 assured assure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Christ Christ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 vassal vassal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | may | you | | | | | as the King King | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **assure** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 3 | **spend** | present · passive | | this month | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 4 | **follow** | future | King | you | | France | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme to france=Trajectory | | 5 | **receive** | future | King | the law of Christ | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme | | 6 | **become** | future | you *not said here* | | | | | vassal *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **hold** | gerund | you *not said here* | the kingdom of Spain | | | | from you | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/10/) - ↑ back to [Of the Plot Against Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/)