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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 (King, Admiral), 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:pg75339:41:82 # text = When he came to where the Admiral sat, he made no obeisance, but drew his sword, and said, "I come from the great King Charles." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 obeisance obeisance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:desc _ _ 30 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | King | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | the Admiral | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | past | King | no obeisance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obeisance=Product | | 4 | **draw** | past | King *not said here* | King's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | King | | | the great Charles King | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from charles=Initial\_Location | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/83/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)