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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 (You, first man, I), 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:pg75339:37:22 # text = You shall have a champion," answered Pinabel; "the first man that shall pronounce against you the sentence of death, to him will I give the lie with the edge of this sword." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 Pinabel Pinabel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | shall | You | a champion | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the first man | Pinabel | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent pinabel=Eventuality | | 3 | **pronounce** | shall | the first man | the sentence of death | | | | against you | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme | | 4 | **give** | future | I | the lie | Pinabel | | | with the edge of this sword | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Theme to he=Recipient | | 5 | **sentence** | | | death | | | | | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/37/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/37/23/) - ↑ back to [Of the Punishment of Ganelon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/37/)