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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 (I, this, you, King), 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:pg75339:5:4 # text = I thank you," answered the Duke; "yet this I will say that you did a grievous wrong in that you suffered my brother Benes to be slain, when he had a safe-conduct under your hand. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 grievous grievous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 Benes bene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 under under ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | I | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I *not said here* | | the Duke | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent duke=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | this | | | | | I *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | past | you | a grievous wrong | | that | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Eventuality | | 5 | **suffer** | past | you | my brother Benes | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bene=Stimulus | | 6 | **slay** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP» | | 7 | **have** | past | King | a safe conduct | | your hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/5/) - ↑ back to [How It Fared With the Brethren](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/)