--- title: When King Clarion heard this he armed himself without delay, and mou… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: When King Clarion heard this he armed himself without delay, and mounted on his beast--a marvellous beast that could gallop thirty leagues and not grow weary--and pursued after Duke Richard, and other Saracens went with him. Who acts: King, marvellous beast, other Saracens. 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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 (King, marvellous beast, other Saracens), 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:pg75339:24:34 # text = When King Clarion heard this he armed himself without delay, and mounted on his beast--a marvellous beast that could gallop thirty leagues and not grow weary--and pursued after Duke Richard, and other Saracens went with him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Clarion Clarion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 armed arm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 without without ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 gallop gallop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 29 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 pursued pursue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 Richard Richard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Saracens saracen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | King | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **arm** | past | King | King | | | | without delay | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | | 3 | **mount** | participle | | | | King's beast | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on beast=Destination | | 4 | **gallop** | could | a marvellous beast | thirty leagues | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent league=Agent | | 5 | **not** **grow** | infinitive | a marvellous beast *not said here* | | | | | weary *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pursue** | participle | | | | | after Duke Richard | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after richard=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | other Saracens | | | | | with King | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/35/) - ↑ back to [Of Richard of Normandy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/)