--- title: He said to his comrades, "I see Balan at his supper with his lords;… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: He said to his comrades, "I see Balan at his supper with his lords; he is taking his ease, and it would be to our great honour if we make him rise up from his meat." Who acts: Admiral, supper, we. 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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, supper, we), 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:pg75339:23:117 # text = He said to his comrades, "I see Balan at his supper with his lords; he is taking his ease, and it would be to our great honour if we make him rise up from his meat." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 comrades comrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 Balan Balan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 with with 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 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Admiral | | Admiral's comrades | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to comrade=Recipient | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Admiral | Balan | | Admiral's supper with Admiral's lords | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer balan=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Admiral | Admiral's ease | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ease=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | would | supper | | | | | to our great honour; our *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | we | Admiral | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **rise up** *in a quote* | infinitive | Admiral *not said here* | | | Admiral's meat | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from meat=Initial\_Location | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/118/) - ↑ back to [Of Guy of Burgundy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/)