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" **Who acts:** Mawgis, this, King, word, my · **What happens:** hear, say, be, fear, give, not go away · **To what, where:** words, King, word, leave, due form · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, More Deeds of Mawgis. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mawgis, this, King, word), 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:pg75339:9:25 # text = When Mawgis heard these words, he said to the King, "If this is what you fear, I will give you my word that I will not go away without taking leave of you in due form." " 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Mawgis Mawgis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 If if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 without without SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 35 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Mawgis | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mawgis | | the King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | future | Mawgis | my word | the King *= king* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient word=Theme | | 6 | **not** **go away** *in a quote* | future | my word | | | | | I *nsubj*; away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | my word *not said here* | leave of you | | due form | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leave=Value in form=Location | | 8 | **word** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication 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: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/26/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)