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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 (renegado, Pelistes), 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:pg77685:25:50 # text = The renegado ran up, and, putting his foot upon his sword, and the point of his scimitar to his throat, called upon him to ask his life; but Pelistes lay without sense, and as one dead. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 renegado renegado NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 scimitar scimitar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 Pelistes Peliste PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 without without ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run up** | past | the renegado | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** | gerund | the renegado *not said here* | renegado's foot | | renegado's sword | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme upon sword=Destination | | 3 | **call** | participle · passive | | the point of renegado's scimitar to renegado's throat | | | | upon renegado | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | renegado's life | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Recipient | | 5 | **lay** | present | Pelistes | | | | | without sense | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **point** | | | renegado's scimitar to renegado's throat | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/51/) - ↑ back to [Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/)