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" **Who acts:** You, Naymes, I · **What happens:** waste, say, do, choose, turn, not cheat · **To what, where:** breath, thing, me, Reynaud, false thief, you · **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 (You, Naymes, I), 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:pg75339:9:93 # text = You waste your breath," he said, "I will do the thing that I choose, though you all shall say me nay;" and turning to Reynaud he said, "You shall not cheat me as did that false thief Mawgis, for I will cut you into pieces and burn the pieces with fire." " 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 waste waste VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 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 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nmod:unmarked _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 nay nay INTJ UH _ 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 turning turn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 csubj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 cheat cheat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 Mawgis Mawgis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 parataxis _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 burn burn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **waste** | present | You | your breath | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent breath=Asset clause=Goal | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Naymes | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | future | I | the thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 4 | **choose** | present | I | the thing | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | you | me | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme nay=Manner | | 6 | **turn** *in a quote* | gerund | | | Reynaud | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to reynaud=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Naymes | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **cheat** | shall | You | me | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Source | | 9 | **do** | past | You *not said here* | that false thief | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality | | 10 | **cut** | future | I | you | | pieces | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent you=Material into piece=Product | | 11 | **burn** | present | I *not said here* | the pieces | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent piece=Patient with fire=Instrument | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/94/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)