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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 (Roland, We), 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:pg75339:8:5 # text = Then Roland, having first called Oliver, said, "We will go now and fight with the sons of Aymon, and we will take four thousand men only with us, so that we shall have no advantage over them, inasmuch as they have five thousand well horsed and well armed." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 7 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Aymon Aymon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 punct _ _ 28 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 compound _ _ 29 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 inasmuch inasmuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 49 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 compound _ _ 50 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 obj _ _ 51 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 52 advmod _ _ 52 horsed horse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 55 advmod _ _ 55 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Roland *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **call** | participle | Roland *not said here* | | | | | Oliver *xcomp*; first *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Roland | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | future | We | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fight** *in a quote* | infinitive | We *not said here* | | | | | with the sons of Aymon | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with son=Co-Agent | | 6 | **take** *in a quote* | future | we | | thousand men | | | with us | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | shall | we | no advantage | | | | over sons *= son*; inasmuch *conj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Patient | | 8 | **horse** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | | we *nsubj*; thousand men *obj*; us *obl*; well *property* | tree rules | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/6/) - ↑ back to [Of the Craft of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/)