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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 (Geoffrey, This, Duke, villainous deed), 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:pg75339:40:55 # text = But when Geoffrey was gone out from the Duke's presence, he said to himself, "This is a villainous deed that the Duke would have me to do, the slaying of his own nephew. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 Geoffrey Geoffrey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 villainous villainous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 slaying slaying NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past · passive | | Geoffrey | | the Duke's presence | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Geoffrey | | Geoffrey | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | a villainous deed and the slaying of Geoffrey's own nephew | | | | the slaying of Geoffrey's own nephew *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | would | the Duke | a villainous deed and the slaying of Geoffrey's own nephew | | | | me *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a villainous deed and the slaying of Geoffrey's own nephew *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **slay** *in a quote* | | | Geoffrey's own nephew | | | | | nom slaying «act 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/56/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)