--- title: The three were made by one of three brothers; another of these three… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The three were made by one of three brothers; another of these three made three more, of which Durendal, the sword of Roland, was the most famous; and yet another brother also made three, of which it suffices to name Hautclere that was the sword of Oliver, and Joyous that was one of the chief treasu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/) / [How Oliver Fought With Fierabras](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/) / 8 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras, sentence 8 The three were made by one of three brothers; another of these three made three more, of which Durendal, the sword of Roland, was the most famous; and yet another brother also made three, of which it suffices to name Hautclere that was the sword of Oliver, and Joyous that was one of the chief treasures of King Charles. **Who acts:** three, Durendal, brother, armour, Hautclere, that · **What happens:** make, be, suffice, name, treasure · **To what, where:** three, three more, sword, one, Charles This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (three, Durendal, brother, armour), 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:pg75339:17:8 # text = The three were made by one of three brothers; another of these three made three more, of which Durendal, the sword of Roland, was the most famous; and yet another brother also made three, of which it suffices to name Hautclere that was the sword of Oliver, and Joyous that was one of the chief treasures of King Charles. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 14 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 nmod _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 21 Durendal Durendal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 31 advmod _ _ 31 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 yet yet ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 35 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 also also ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 suffices suffice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 Hautclere Hautclere PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 ccomp _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 Joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 57 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 parataxis _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nmod _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nmod:desc _ _ 66 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | the three | | | | by one of three brothers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **make** | past | three another of these | three more | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset more=Product | | 3 | **is** | past | Durendal | | | | | which *obl*; famous *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past | another brother | three | | | yet | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Product | | 5 | **suffice** | present | armour | | | | | which *obl* | tree rules | | 6 | **name** | to-infinitive | armour *not said here* | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | Hautclere | the sword | | | | of Oliver; that *nsubj* | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | that | one | | | | of the chief treasures of Charles King | tree rules | | 9 | **treasure** | | | Charles King | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/9/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver Fought With Fierabras](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/17/)