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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 (John), 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:pg75339:7:48 # text = Nevertheless he called his secretary to him, and said, "Now write to the King and say that, if he will leave wasting my land, I will presently deliver to him the sons of Aymon and Mawgis their cousin. 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 secretary secretary NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 wasting waste VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 presently presently ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Aymon Aymon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 Mawgis Mawgis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | John | John's secretary | counsel | | | nevertheless *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent secretary=Topic to he=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **write** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the King | | now | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 5 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | John | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **waste** *in a quote* | gerund | John *not said here* | my land | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | | 7 | **deliver** *in a quote* | future | John | the sons of Aymon and Mawgis sons's cousin | John | | | presently *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme to he=Destination | 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/pg75339/7/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/49/) - ↑ back to [Of the Treachery of King John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/)