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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 (God, 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:pg77685:25:22 # text = Then rising, and standing in the midst of them, “God knows, my companions,” said he, “whether we have any longer a country; if not, better were we in our graves. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 27 any any ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 parataxis _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | gerund | | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | | | | the midst of cavaliers | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | God | my companions | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer companion=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | a country | | | | long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | we | | our graves | | | 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:** «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/23/) - ↑ back to [Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/)