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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 (villain, you, tribute, that), 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:pg75339:42:48 # text = This, done, he himself sat down in the Admiral's chair, and said, "My will is that you pay me the tribute that you were wont to pay my brother, for that which was his has by right come to me. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Admiral Admiral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tribute tribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 appos _ _ 42 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 43 by by SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 right right ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | participle · passive | | This | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **sit down** | past | villain | | | the Admiral's chair | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | villain *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | villain | | | the tribute *obj*; pay *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the tribute | | | | | you *nsubj*; wont *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **pay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the tribute *not said here* | my brother | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Asset | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | villain | | | | which *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | that *not said here* | | villain | | | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/49/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)