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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 (power, this), 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:pg75339:31:95 # text = So saying he gave a banner, richly embroidered, to the Emir Grandoigne; "Lead your men against the French," said he; "this shall be your warrant from me." 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 banner banner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 richly richly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Emir Emir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl:agent _ _ 14 Grandoigne Grandoigne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 warrant warrant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | power *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | past | power | a banner | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banner=Theme | | 3 | **embroider** | participle | power *not said here* | | | | | the Emir *obl:agent*; richly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lead** *in a quote* | infinitive | power *not said here* | your men | | the French | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme against french=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | power | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | this | your warrant | | | | from power; your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/31/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/31/96/) - ↑ back to [The Battle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/31/)