--- title: For the space of five miles they followed after the Saracens, and st… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: For the space of five miles they followed after the Saracens, and still as they followed they slew, but nevertheless they could not come up with Oliver and the rest of the prisoners, so quickly did they who had them in charge carry them away. Who acts: blows. 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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 (blows), 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:pg75339:18:48 # text = For the space of five miles they followed after the Saracens, and still as they followed they slew, but nevertheless they could not come up with Oliver and the rest of the prisoners, so quickly did they who had them in charge carry them away. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Saracens saracen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 46 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | blows *= blow* | | | | after the Saracens | for the space of five miles | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after saracen=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | past | blows *= blow* | | | | still | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **slay** | past | blows *= blow* | | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **come up** | could | blows *= blow* | | | | | with Oliver and the rest of the prisoners; nevertheless *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past | blows *= blow* *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | past | blows *= blow* | prisoners *= prisoner* | | | | who *nsubj* | tree rules | | 7 | **carry away** | present | blows *= blow* *not said here* | blows *= blow* | | charge | | away *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Value in charge=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:** «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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/49/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)