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" **Who acts:** foolishness, you, I · **What happens:** be, say, mark, blow, not heed, not break · **To what, where:** foolishness, this, horn, blowing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (foolishness, you, 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:pg75339:40:97 # text = That is foolishness," said Oberon; "and mark this: if you blow the horn when you are on any of such adventures, I will not heed it, no, not though you should even break the horn in the blowing of it." " 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 foolishness foolishness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Oberon Oberon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 mark mark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 blow blow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 heed heed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 41 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 37 though though SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 blowing blowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | that foolishness | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | that foolishness | | | | | Oberon *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **mark** | infinitive | that foolishness *not said here* | this | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Destination | | 4 | **blow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | the horn | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent horn=Beneficiary any=Product | | 5 | **not** **heed** | future | I | horn | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **not** **break** | should | you | the horn | | the blowing of blowing | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horn=Patient | | 7 | **blow** | | | blowing | | | | | nom blowing «process 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/98/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)