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title: The Admiral was very angry to hear such talk and would have struck B… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Admiral was very angry to hear such talk and would have struck Brullant with his staff, but Sortibrant held both his arms, "Let be your anger; we should do better to take counsel together how we may break down this Tower that the Christians hold." Who acts: Admiral, Sortibrant, anger, we. A sent
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 84

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The Admiral was very angry to hear such talk and would have struck Brullant with his staff, but Sortibrant held both his arms, "Let be your anger; we should do better to take counsel together how we may break down this Tower that the Christians hold."

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**Who acts:** Admiral, Sortibrant, anger, we, Christians, your · **What happens:** be, hear, strike, hold, let, do · **To what, where:** such talk, Brullant, arms, counsel, Tower · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, Sortibrant, anger, we), 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:pg75339:23:84
# text = The Admiral was very angry to hear such talk and would have struck Brullant with his staff, but Sortibrant held both his arms, "Let be your anger; we should do better to take counsel together how we may break down this Tower that the Christians hold."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux	_	_
13	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
14	Brullant	Brullant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	Sortibrant	Sortibrant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
22	both	both	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
28	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
29	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
32	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
35	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	34	xcomp	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
38	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
39	together	together	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
40	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	43	advmod	_	_
41	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
44	down	down	ADP	RP	_	43	compound:prt	_	_
45	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	46	det	_	_
46	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
47	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	50	nsubj	_	_
50	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	"	"	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 |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the Admiral *not said here* | such talk |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer talk=Stimulus |
| 3 | **strike** | would · perfect | the Admiral *not said here* | Brullant |  |  |  | with Admiral's staff | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent brullant=Patient with staff=Instrument |
| 4 | **hold** | past | Sortibrant | Admiral's arms |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Sortibrant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** *in a quote* | infinitive | your anger |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **do** *in a quote* | should | we |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | counsel |  |  |  | together *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme |
| 9 | **break down** *in a quote* | may | we | this Tower |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Patient |
| 10 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | the Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **anger** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling 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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