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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 (Lord, kind), 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:pg78673:4:117 # text = “Well answered,” said the Lord, “And therefore, I ordain That from this day henceforth Thou and thy kind at large Shall ever dwell in trees.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 ordain ordain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 16 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 ccomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 at at SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ _ 27 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 29 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Lord | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ordain** *in a quote* | present | the Lord *= lord* | That | | | day | Thou thy kind *ccomp*; therefore *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** *in a quote* | shall | thy kind *not said here* | | | trees | ever | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | 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:** «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/118/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/4/)