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description: At which word all the Saracens that were in the chamber fell upon him and beat him so sorely that he would have been shortly slain, but that the Admiral himself cried out that he was not to be put to death in such a fashion. Who acts: chamber, Admiral. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the t
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 30

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At which word all the Saracens that were in the chamber fell upon him and beat him so sorely that he would have been shortly slain, but that the Admiral himself cried out that he was not to be put to death in such a fashion.

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**Who acts:** chamber, Admiral · **What happens:** be, fall, beat, cry out, not put · **To what, where:** chamber, Saracens, Admiral, fashion, word

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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 (chamber, Admiral), 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:pg75339:23:30
# text = At which word all the Saracens that were in the chamber fell upon him and beat him so sorely that he would have been shortly slain, but that the Admiral himself cried out that he was not to be put to death in such a fashion.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Saracens	saracen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	sorely	sorely	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
22	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
23	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	aux	_	_
24	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	cop	_	_
25	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	slain	slain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
32	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	33	nsubj	_	_
33	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
34	out	out	ADP	RP	_	33	compound:prt	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux:pass	_	_
38	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	advcl	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	47	det:predet	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	fashion	fashion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the chamber |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the chamber | all Saracens |  |  |  | upon Saracen | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 3 | **beat** | infinitive | the chamber *not said here* | chamber |  |  |  | sorely *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | would · perfect | chamber |  |  |  |  | shortly, slain *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | the Admiral |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **not** **put** | past · passive |  | Admiral |  | such fashion |  | to death | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in fashion=Destination |

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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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