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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 (you, friends, us, enemy), 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:pg77685:31:62 # text = Come, my friends,” said he, turning to his principal cavaliers, “let us leave these hot-headed striplings and make our retreat; if we tarry any longer, the enemy will be upon us.” 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 21 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 headed headed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 striplings stripling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 retreat retreat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 tarry tarry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 33 any any ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | my friends | | | | | pestilence *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **turn** *in a quote* | gerund | my friends *not said here* | | | pestilence's principal cavaliers | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to cavalier=Trajectory | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | my friends *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **leave** | infinitive | us *not said here* | this headed striplings | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stripling=Theme | | 6 | **make** | present | us *not said here* | our retreat | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset retreat=Product | | 7 | **is** | future | the enemy | | | | | upon us | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/63/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)