--- title: The Admiral, when he saw this, cried with a loud voice to his captai… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The Admiral, when he saw this, cried with a loud voice to his captains, "Cease now from the assault, for it turns to my great loss; see now how my treasure which I have gathered with much pains is scattered about. Who acts: Admiral, assault, 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 (Admiral, assault, 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:pg75339:23:110 # text = The Admiral, when he saw this, cried with a loud voice to his captains, "Cease now from the assault, for it turns to my great loss; see now how my treasure which I have gathered with much pains is scattered about. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Cease cease NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 assault assault NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 47 about about ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Admiral | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Admiral *not said here* | | Admiral's captains and Cease | the assault | | with a loud voice | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to captain=Recipient | | 3 | **turn** *in a quote* | present | assault | | | my great loss | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to loss=Trajectory | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | assault *not said here* | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **gather** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | my treasure | | | | with much pains; I *nsubj* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with pain=Co-Patient | | 6 | **scatter** *in a quote* | present · passive | | my treasure | | | | about *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **treasure** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/111/) - ↑ back to [Of Guy of Burgundy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/)