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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 (brother, Charles, we, friend), 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:pg75339:4:42 # text = But his brother Bron said to him, "Have a care; here comes King Charles with all his men; if we abide his coming in this place it will go ill with us." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Bron Bron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:desc _ _ 17 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 abide abide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | friend's brother | | friend | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | | a care | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Patient | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Charles King | | | here | | with friend's men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **abide** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | friend | | | this place | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | future | care | this place *not said here* | | | | ill *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location place=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/4/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/4/43/) - ↑ back to [How the Duke Benes Came By His End](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/4/)