--- title: Thereat Guy was greatly moved with anger, so that he lay hold of the… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Thereat Guy was greatly moved with anger, so that he lay hold of the Saracen by the hair with one hand and with the other hand smote him upon the bone of his neck so fiercely that the man fell down dead before the Admiral. Who acts: thing, man. 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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 (thing, man), 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:pg75339:23:28 # text = Thereat Guy was greatly moved with anger, so that he lay hold of the Saracen by the hair with one hand and with the other hand smote him upon the bone of his neck so fiercely that the man fell down dead before the Admiral. 1 Thereat thereat ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 Guy Guy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Saracen Saracen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 42 down down ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obj _ _ 44 before before ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | | Guy | | | | with anger; greatly, thereat *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result | | 2 | **lie** | past | thing | hold of the Saracen | | | | by the hair; with one hand | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hold=Theme | | 3 | **smite** | past | thing *not said here* | thing | | | | with the other hand; upon the bone of thing's neck; fiercely *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hand=Instrument | | 4 | **fall down** | past | the man | dead before the Admiral | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient dead=Result | | 5 | **hold** | | | the Saracen | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/29/) - ↑ back to [Of Guy of Burgundy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/)