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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 (Saracen, you), 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:pg75339:41:124 # text = So he said, "Fair lady, for fair you must be, seeing that you are so gracious, I thank you much for your kindness, nor will I refuse such service as you may find it in your heart to render me. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 much much ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 34 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 render render VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saracen | | | | | Fair lady *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | gerund | Saracen *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | gracious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | Saracen | | you | | | for your kindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for kindness=Attribute | | 6 | **refuse** *in a quote* | future | Saracen | such service | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | may | you | service | | your heart | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 8 | **render** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Saracen | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/123/) - next →: [sentence 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/125/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)