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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 (length, cavaliers, 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:pg77685:26:9 # text = At length, lifting up his voice, “Happy are the dead,” said he, “for they rest in peace, and are gone to receive the reward of their piety and valour! 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 lifting lift VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 19 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 rest rest VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 piety piety NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ! ! PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift up** | gerund | length *not said here* | Pelistes's voice | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | | | | length | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **rest** *in a quote* | present | cavaliers *= cavalier* | | | peace | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Pelistes | | | | | go *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **receive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Pelistes *not said here* | the reward of cavaliers's piety and valour | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Theme | | 8 | **reward** *in a quote* | | | cavaliers's piety and valour | | | | | nom reward «event 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/10/) - ↑ back to [Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/26/)