--- title: The Saracens stood about, and made a great lamentation, so that the… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The Saracens stood about, and made a great lamentation, so that the Barons began to take heart again, and Floripas, being well acquainted with the Saracen tongue, said, "Now I perceive the truth. Who acts: Saracens, Barons, Floripas. 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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 (Saracens, Barons, Floripas), 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:pg75339:24:62 # text = The Saracens stood about, and made a great lamentation, so that the Barons began to take heart again, and Floripas, being well acquainted with the Saracen tongue, said, "Now I perceive the truth. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Saracens Saracen PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lamentation lamentation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Barons Baron PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 23 Floripas Floripas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 27 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Saracen Saracen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 perceive perceive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the Saracens | | | | | about *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past | | a great lamentation | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lamentation=Product | | 3 | **begin** | past | the Barons | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | the Barons *not said here* | heart | | | again | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 5 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | gerund · passive | | Floripas *not said here* | | | | with the Saracen tongue; well *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient» | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Floripas | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **perceive** *in a quote* | present | Floripas | the truth | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer truth=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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/63/) - ↑ back to [Of Richard of Normandy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/)