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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 (king, errand, predecessors), 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:pg77685:7:14 # text = This, O king, is all we have to relate; and our errand is to entreat thee to repair to the tower and affix thy lock to the portal, as has been done by all thy predecessors.” 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 O o INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 affix affix NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 portal portal NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 parataxis _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 predecessors predecessor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this king | | | | | we *nsubj*; all, have *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **relate** | to-infinitive | this king *not said here* | | | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | our errand | | | | | thee *obj*; entreat *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **repair** | to-infinitive | our errand *not said here* | | | | | to the tower and affix and thy lock; to the portal | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | present · perfect · passive | thy predecessors | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/7/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/7/15/) - ↑ back to [Don Roderick Receives an Extraordinary Embassy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/7/)