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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 (Great Lords, I, men), 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:pg78491:14:63 # text = ‘Great Lords and Kings--since Kings ye claim to be-- King-vassals, world-renowned for mutual hate, Alone of men I censure not your strifes, Knowing their cause. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 since since ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod _ _ 10 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 vassals vassal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 renowned renown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 mutual mutual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 hate hate NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 Alone Alone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 censure censure AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 strifes strife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | Great Lords and Kings and Kings ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | -- King vassals | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **renown** | participle | | -- King vassals *not said here* | | | | for mutual hate of men; world *compound* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is a** | present | I | your strifes | | | | your *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | gerund | Great Lords and Kings and Kings ye *not said here* | men's cause | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cause=Stimulus | | 6 | **hate** | | | men | | | | | nom hate «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **cause** | | men *= man* | | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=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:** «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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/62/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/14/)