--- title: And when they were satisfied, she said to them, "My lords, I know fu… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And when they were satisfied, she said to them, "My lords, I know full well who you are, that this, for instance, is Sir Oliver who vanquished Fierabras my brother; yet I have showed you this great kindness, nor this without danger to myself. Who acts: knights, draught, instance, Sir. 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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 (knights, draught, instance, Sir), 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:pg75339:19:95 # text = And when they were satisfied, she said to them, "My lords, I know full well who you are, that this, for instance, is Sir Oliver who vanquished Fierabras my brother; yet I have showed you this great kindness, nor this without danger to myself. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 18 advcl _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 instance instance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 ccomp _ _ 32 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 vanquished vanquish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 yet yet ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 42 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 51 cc _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 50 without without ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | knights *= knight* | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | draught | My lords | knights *= knight* | | | this *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | draught | | | | | full *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | knights *= knight* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | instance | Sir | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **vanquish** *in a quote* | past | Sir | Fierabras | | | | my brother *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | draught | | | | yet | without this danger to myself | tree rules | | 8 | **show** *in a quote* | past | draught *not said here* | this great kindness | knights *= knight* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient kindness=Topic | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/96/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and His Comrades Fared](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/)