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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, prisoners), 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:pg75339:40:59 # text = Geoffrey, having charge of these prisoners, for he was in high authority under the Duke, went to the dungeons where they lay, and said to them, "Sirs, if you would save your lives, follow me." 1 Geoffrey Geoffrey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 15 under under ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dungeons dungeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Sirs sir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Geoffrey | | | | | for high authority; under the Duke | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | Geoffrey | | | the dungeons | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dungeon=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **lay** | present | prisoners *= prisoner* | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Geoffrey *not said here* | Sirs | prisoners *= prisoner* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **save** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | would | prisoners *= prisoner* | your lives | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 7 | **follow** *in a quote* | infinitive | prisoners *= prisoner* *not said here* | Geoffrey | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **charge** | | | this prisoners | | | | | nom charge «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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/60/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)