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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 (Admiral, giant, You, villain), 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:pg75339:42:46 # text = Now the Admiral was sitting at dinner when he came, and the giant came to the table, and said, "You are a false traitor, for you harbour a villain that by some foul means slew my brother Angolafer." 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ 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 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 traitor traitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 harbour harbour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 villain villain NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 foul foul NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 39 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 Angolafer Angolafer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | the Admiral | | | dinner | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | Admiral | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | the giant | | | the table | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to table=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | You | a false traitor | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **harbour** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | a villain | | | | | by some foul | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **slay** *in a quote* | past | a villain | my brother | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/47/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)