--- title: First the Admiral saw him, and cried aloud, "Now by Apollyon my god,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: First the Admiral saw him, and cried aloud, "Now by Apollyon my god, this is well done of Clarion my nephew; without doubt he has slain the messenger of the Frenchmen, for see his horse is coming." Who acts: Admiral, beast, horse. 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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 (Admiral, beast, horse), 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:pg75339:24:55 # text = First the Admiral saw him, and cried aloud, "Now by Apollyon my god, this is well done of Clarion my nephew; without doubt he has slain the messenger of the Frenchmen, for see his horse is coming." 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Admiral Admiral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Apollyon Apollyon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Clarion Clarion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 without without ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Frenchmen Frenchman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Admiral | beast | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the Admiral *not said here* | my god | | | now | aloud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · passive | | this | | | | of Clarion; my nephew *obj*; well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **slay** *in a quote* | present · perfect | beast | the messenger of the Frenchmen | | | | without doubt | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Patient | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | beast *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | beast's horse | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/56/) - ↑ back to [Of Richard of Normandy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/)