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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 (others, Ogier, trouble, King), 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:pg75339:11:9 # text = When they told what had happened to Roland and the other Barons they were not a little astonished, and Ogier the Dane said, "All this trouble comes through the King's rage against the brethren, for indeed it is beyond all measure. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Barons Baron PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 18 astonished astonished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 Ogier Ogier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Dane Dane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 31 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 against against ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 46 obl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | others *= other* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | Roland and the other Barons | | | what *nsubj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | others *= other* | | | | | a little *obl:unmarked*; astonished *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ogier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | present | all trouble | | | the King's rage against the brethren | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through rage=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | trouble | | | | | beyond all measure | tree rules | | 7 | **rage** *in a quote* | | the King | | | | | against the brethren | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent against=obl | 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:** «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. - ← previous: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/10/) - ↑ back to [Of What Befell At Montalban](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/11/)