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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, Oliver), 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:pg75339:9:81 # text = When the King heard it, he said to Oliver: "Take with you two hundred knights, and ride with all haste to the river of Besançon, where, if you use diligence, you will find Reynaud and Alard. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 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 _ 10 case _ _ 10 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 compound _ _ 17 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Besançon Besançon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 36 diligence diligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 41 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 Alard Alard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the King | camp | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | Oliver | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to oliver=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | hundred knights | | | with Oliver | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument knight=Destination | | 4 | **ride** *in a quote* | present | | | | the river of Besançon | | with all haste | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to river=Trajectory | | 5 | **use** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Oliver | diligence | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diligence=Patient | | 6 | **find** *in a quote* | future | Oliver | Reynaud and Alard | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reynaud=Topic | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/82/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)