--- title: And when she saw the prisoners how they had climbed upon the pillars… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And when she saw the prisoners how they had climbed upon the pillars, as has been told, she said, "Tell me now, my lords, who you are and how you are named." Who acts: Floripas. 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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 (Floripas), 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:pg75339:19:65 # text = And when she saw the prisoners how they had climbed upon the pillars, as has been told, she said, "Tell me now, my lords, who you are and how you are named." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Floripas | the prisoners | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prisoner=Stimulus | | 2 | **climb** | past · perfect · passive | | prisoners *= prisoner* | | | | upon the pillars | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Floripas | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | my lords | Floripas | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **name** *in a quote* | present · passive | | my lords | | | | you *nsubj:pass* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/66/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and His Comrades Fared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/)