--- title: As for the Admiral he escaped most narrowly; for as he leapt from a… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: As for the Admiral he escaped most narrowly; for as he leapt from a window Roland dealt a great blow at him with his sword, and the sword made a hole of a foot deep in the marble stone of the window. " Who acts: Many, Roland, sword. 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" **Who acts:** Many, Roland, sword · **What happens:** escape, leapt, deal, make · **To what, where:** window, great blow, hole This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Doings of the French Knights. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Many, Roland, sword), 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:pg75339:22:49 # text = As for the Admiral he escaped most narrowly; for as he leapt from a window Roland dealt a great blow at him with his sword, and the sword made a hole of a foot deep in the marble stone of the window. " 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 8 narrowly narrowly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 leapt leapt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 dealt deal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | past | Many | | | | | as the Admiral; narrowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **leapt** | past | Many | | | a window | | | tree rules | | 3 | **deal** | past | Roland | a great blow | | | | at Many; with Many's sword | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | the sword | a hole of a foot | | | | deep *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hole=Product | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/50/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of the French Knights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/)