--- title: And as he halted two of the Saracens, to wit Sortibrant and Brullant… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And as he halted two of the Saracens, to wit Sortibrant and Brullant, espied him, and said to King Clarion, who was a very notable warrior, "See you, Sire, that man yonder. Who acts: Duke, King. 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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 (Duke, King), 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:pg75339:24:30 # text = And as he halted two of the Saracens, to wit Sortibrant and Brullant, espied him, and said to King Clarion, who was a very notable warrior, "See you, Sire, that man yonder. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 halted halt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Saracens Saracen PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wit wit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 Sortibrant Sortibrant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Brullant Brullant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 espied espy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 Clarion Clarion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 notable notable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Sire Sire PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **halt** | past | Duke | two of the Saracens | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector two=Eventuality | | 2 | **wit** | to-infinitive | Duke *not said here* | Sortibrant and Brullant | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **espy** | past | | Duke | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | King and a notable warrior | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | past | King and a notable warrior | a notable warrior | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | King and a notable warrior *= king* | | | | Sire *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/31/) - ↑ back to [Of Richard of Normandy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/)