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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 (way, 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:pg75339:7:74 # text = First he suffered the brethren to pass unharmed when he might have taken them at a disadvantage in a narrow road; afterwards, when they were in the plain, he himself led his knights against them. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 unharmed unharmed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux _ _ 13 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 disadvantage disadvantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 23 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 32 nmod:unmarked _ _ 34 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 against against ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | past | way | the brethren | | | | first *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brethren=Stimulus | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | way *not said here* | | | | | unharmed *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | might · perfect | way | knights *= knight* | | a disadvantage in a narrow road | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at disadvantage=Asset | | 4 | **is** | past | knights *= knight* | | | the plain | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lead** | past | way | way's knights | | | | against knights *= knight*; afterwards *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent knight=Theme against they=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/75/) - ↑ back to [Of the Treachery of King John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/)