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title: But the Admiral was aware of their purpose, and he sent against them… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: But the Admiral was aware of their purpose, and he sent against them his nephew, Espoulart by name, who was a very strong and valiant knight. Who acts: Admiral, name, Lords. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Guy of Burgundy, with its depe
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 120

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But the Admiral was aware of their purpose, and he sent against them his nephew, Espoulart by name, who was a very strong and valiant knight.

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**Who acts:** Admiral, name, Lords · **What happens:** be, send, purpose · **To what, where:** nephew, strong knight

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Guy of Burgundy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Admiral, name, Lords), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:23:120
# text = But the Admiral was aware of their purpose, and he sent against them his nephew, Espoulart by name, who was a very strong and valiant knight.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	against	against	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	Espoulart	Espoulart	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
25	very	very	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	valiant	valiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	_
29	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Admiral |  |  |  |  | of Lords's purpose; aware *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | past | Admiral | Admiral's nephew |  |  |  | against Lords *= lord*; by name and a strong knight | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nephew=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | past | name and a strong knight | a strong knight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **purpose** |  | Lords *= lord* |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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