--- title: After a while, his anger having now somewhat cooled, he said to Brul… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: After a while, his anger having now somewhat cooled, he said to Brullant, "Tell me now, was Fierabras my son vanquished by one of these knights whom I now see before me? Who acts: anger, Admiral. 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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 (anger, Admiral), 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:pg75339:19:11 # text = After a while, his anger having now somewhat cooled, he said to Brullant, "Tell me now, was Fierabras my son vanquished by one of these knights whom I now see before me? 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 9 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 cooled cool VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Brullant Brullant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 iobj _ _ 26 vanquished vanquish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | Admiral's anger *not said here* | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **cool** | participle | Admiral's anger *not said here* | | | | | somewhat *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Admiral | | Brullant | | while | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brullant=Recipient | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Admiral *not said here* | | my son | | now | me *iobj* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | Fierabras | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **vanquish** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by one of this knights | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Admiral | this knights | | | before Admiral; now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 8 | **anger** | | Admiral | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/12/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and His Comrades Fared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/)