--- title: The French knights were so hard pressed by a multitude of Saracens t… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The French knights were so hard pressed by a multitude of Saracens that followed King Clarion that some were slain, as the Duke Basyn and Aubrey his son, and that Guy of Burgundy was taken prisoner, his horse having been killed under him. Who acts: multitude, Saracens, some. 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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 (multitude, Saracens, some), 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:pg75339:22:107 # text = The French knights were so hard pressed by a multitude of Saracens that followed King Clarion that some were slain, as the Duke Basyn and Aubrey his son, and that Guy of Burgundy was taken prisoner, his horse having been killed under him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 French French ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 pressed press VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Saracens saracen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Clarion clarion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 Basyn Basyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 Aubrey Aubrey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 Guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Burgundy Burgundy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 38 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 45 under under ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | past · passive | a multitude of Saracens | the French knights | | | | as the Duke Basyn and Aubrey; hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 2 | **follow** | past | Saracens | King Clarion | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clarion=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | some | King Clarion *not said here* | | | | slain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past · passive | | that Guy of Burgundy | | | | prisoner *xcomp* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | gerund · perfect · passive | | knight's horse | | | | under knight | vn remove-10.1 «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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/108/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of the French Knights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/)