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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 (Roland, strength, agony), 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:pg75339:34:81 # text = Gathering all that he had of strength together, he lifted himself from the ground, stumbling and staggering he went, but his strength did not suffice for the task; before he had gone the length of a furlong he fell staggering to the ground, and the agony of death came upon him. 1 Gathering gather VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 1 obl _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 stumbling stumble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 staggering stagger VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 suffice suffice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 before before SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 furlong furlong NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 staggering stagger VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 xcomp _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 55 upon upon ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | gerund | Roland *not said here* | all | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Roland | | | | | of strength; together *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lift** | past | Roland | Roland | | the ground | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme from ground=Destination | | 4 | **stumble** | gerund | Roland *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **stagger** | gerund | Roland *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | past | Roland | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **suffice** | past · do-support | Roland's strength | | | | | for the task | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | past · perfect | Roland | the length of a furlong | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location length=Theme | | 9 | **fall** | past | Roland | a furlong *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **stagger** | gerund | Roland *not said here* | | | the ground | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to ground=Destination | | 11 | **come** | past | the agony of death | | | | | upon Roland | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/34/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/34/82/) - ↑ back to [How Archbishop Turpin Died](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/34/)