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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, trouble), 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:pg75339:8:1 # text = When King John of Gascony heard all the trouble that had befallen the brethren, on the one side, and the Emperor and his knights, on the other, he could not rest, so much did his conscience trouble him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Gascony Gascony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | John King of Gascony | all trouble | | | | the Emperor and John's knights *obl* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer trouble=Stimulus | | 2 | **befall** | past · perfect | all trouble | the brethren | | the one side | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **rest** | could | John | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | past | John *not said here* | John's conscience trouble John | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality | | 5 | **trouble** | | John | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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: [Of the Treachery of King John, 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/7/129/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/2/) - ↑ back to [Of the Craft of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/)