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title: Then seeing that neither could throw the other they sat down, being… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then seeing that neither could throw the other they sat down, being utterly wearied; their helmets and shields were partly broken, and the ground whereon they had stood was trampled as if men had beaten corn thereon. Who acts: seeing, other, horses, men. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 29

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Then seeing that neither could throw the other they sat down, being utterly wearied; their helmets and shields were partly broken, and the ground whereon they had stood was trampled as if men had beaten corn thereon.

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**Who acts:** seeing, other, horses, men · **What happens:** see, throw, sit down, weary, break, stand · **To what, where:** helmets, ground, corn

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Mawgis Became a Hermit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (seeing, other, horses, men), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:10:29
# text = Then seeing that neither could throw the other they sat down, being utterly wearied; their helmets and shields were partly broken, and the ground whereon they had stood was trampled as if men had beaten corn thereon.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	utterly	utterly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	wearied	weary	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	shields	shield	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
22	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	whereon	whereon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	31	advmod	_	_
29	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	stood	stand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	acl:relcl	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	trampled	trample	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	conj	_	_
34	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
35	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
39	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
40	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | gerund |  |  |  |  | then | neither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **throw** | could | seeing |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **sit down** | past | the other |  |  |  |  | horses *= horse* *nsubj* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **weary** | gerund · passive | seeing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | utterly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 5 | **break** | past · passive |  | horses's helmets and shields |  |  |  | partly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 6 | **stand** | past · perfect | horses *= horse* |  |  |  |  | whereon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **trample** | past · passive |  | the ground |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **beat** | past · perfect | men | corn |  |  |  | thereon *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location corn=Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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