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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 (two, one, this, swallow), 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:pg75339:41:3 # text = These two beat with their flails without ceasing for one single moment, the one striking while the other ceased; and this they did so quickly that not even a swallow could fly between them without taking harm. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj _ _ 3 beat beat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 flails flail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 without without SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 ceasing cease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 17 while while SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 35 between between ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 without without SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | present | this two | | | | | with men's flails | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with flail=Theme | | 2 | **cease** | gerund | this two *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **strike** | gerund | the one *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cease** | participle | the one *not said here* | the other | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** | past | this | | | | | men *= man* *nsubj*; quickly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fly** | could | a swallow | | | | | between men *= man* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between they=Location | | 7 | **take** | gerund | a swallow *not said here* | harm | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/4/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)