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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 (Reynaud, King, part), 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:pg75339:5:62 # text = Then Reynaud sent a messenger to the King, saying, "I will surrender this fortress and myself also with my brothers, if the King will promise on his part that we shall have our lives and goods." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 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 surrender surrender VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 fortress fortress NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 conj _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Reynaud | a messenger | | | then | to the King | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Reynaud *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **surrender** *in a quote* | future | Reynaud | this fortress | | | | with my brothers; myself *conj* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fortress=Theme | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | the King | | | King's part | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | King's part | our lives and goods | | | | we *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/63/) - ↑ back to [How It Fared With the Brethren](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/)