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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 (Ferdīa), 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:pg78491:13:7 # text = Ferdīa refuses to fight against his ancient friend; yet, later he attends a royal banquet given in his honour; and there, being drawn aside through the witcheries of the Princess Finobar, he consents to the fight. 1 Ferdīa Ferdīa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refuses refuse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 against against ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 attends attend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 28 aside aside ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 witcheries witchery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Finobar Finobar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 consents consent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | present | Ferdīa | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **fight** | to-infinitive | Ferdīa *not said here* | | | | | against Ferdīa's ancient friend | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **attend** | present | Ferdīa | a royal banquet | | there | yet | late *property* | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme banquet=Goal | | 4 | **give** | participle | | a royal banquet *not said here* | | Ferdīa's honour | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **draw** | gerund · passive | Ferdīa *not said here* | | | the witcheries of the Princess Finobar | | aside *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **consent** | present | Ferdīa | | | | | to the fight | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to fight=Theme | | 7 | **honour** | | Ferdīa | | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **witch** | | | the Princess Finobar | | | | | nom witchery «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:** «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/6/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/13/)