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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 (King, letter, knights), 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:pg75339:7:52 # text = And he delivered to the messenger of the King a letter wherein he had written what it was in his mind to do, namely, to send Ogier the Dane with a company of knights who should take the brethren prisoner. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 12 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 parataxis _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 namely namely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 29 Ogier Ogier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Dane Dane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | past | King | a letter | | the messenger of the King | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to messenger=Destination | | 2 | **write** | past · perfect | King | | | | | a letter *parataxis*; namely, wherein *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | letter | | | King's mind | | King *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **send** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the Dane | Ogier | | | with a company of knights | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ogier=Destination dane=Theme | | 6 | **take** | should | knights | the brethren prisoner | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Theme | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/53/) - ↑ back to [Of the Treachery of King John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/)