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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 (Friend, I, 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:pg75339:41:47 # text = Friend," said the giant again, "if you will but deliver to me the armour, I will let you depart hence without harm; also I will give you a ring of gold which I had of this same Admiral of Babylon. 1 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 hence hence ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 without without ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Friend | | | | | giant *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **deliver** | future | | the armour | me | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent armour=Theme to i=Destination | | 3 | **let** | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **depart** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | without harm; hence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | future | I | a ring of gold | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient ring=Theme | | 6 | **have** | past | I | a ring of gold | | | | of this same Admiral of Babylon | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/48/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)