--- title: And he said to his chamberlain, "Strip these men of their raiment an… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said to his chamberlain, "Strip these men of their raiment and bind them to that pillar yonder, and bring me darts well pointed with iron that I may shoot at them for my sport." Who acts: Balan, iron, my. 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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 (Balan, iron, my), 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:pg75339:19:26 # text = And he said to his chamberlain, "Strip these men of their raiment and bind them to that pillar yonder, and bring me darts well pointed with iron that I may shoot at them for my sport." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Strip strip NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 darts dart VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Balan | this men of keys's raiment | | | | to Balan's chamberlain | tree rules | | 2 | **bind** *in a quote* | infinitive | Balan *not said here* | keys *= key* | | | | to that pillar; yonder *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Patient to pillar=Co-Patient | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Balan | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 4 | **point** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | with iron; well *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shoot** *in a quote* | may | iron | | | | | at keys *= key*; for my sport; I *nsubj* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at they=Destination | | 6 | **sport** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom sport «act 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/27/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and His Comrades Fared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/)