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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 (Sirs, this), 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:pg78491:15:39 # text = Sirs, they saw more late, But saw from distance, Eman’s walls high-towered: This, this they saw not; warriors, warrior-ruled, Marching against them! 1 Sirs sir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 Eman Eman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 towered tower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 20 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Marching march VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 34 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Sirs | | | | | late *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **see** | past | Sirs *not said here* | | | | | from distance | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **tower** | participle · passive | | Eman's walls | | | | This *obj* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **see** | past | this | warriors | | | | Sirs *= sir* *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warrior=Stimulus | | 5 | **rule** | participle | | warriors *not said here* | | | | warrior *compound* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **march** | gerund | | | | | | against Sirs *= sir* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against they=Trajectory | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/38/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/15/)