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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 (Duchess, sons, messengers), 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:pg75339:38:17 # text = And when they had delivered their message, the Duchess said, "I thank the King; my sons will certainly come to do him homage when I shall have made them ready for their journey." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Duchess Duchess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 homage homage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | past · perfect · passive | | messengers *= messenger* | | | | messengers's message *obj* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary message=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Duchess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | the Duchess *= duchess* | | the King | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | future | my sons | | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my sons *not said here* | King | | | | homage *obj* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** *in a quote* | shall · perfect · passive | | the Duchess *= duchess* | | | | messengers *= messenger* *obj*; ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Product | | 7 | **journey** *in a quote* | | messengers *= messenger* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/18/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)