--- title: Meanwhile the Admiral called to him one of his favourites, by name O… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile the Admiral called to him one of his favourites, by name Orage, saying to him, "Now take a dromedary and ride with all speed to Gallafer that keeps the Bridge of Mantryble, and say to him from me, 'You suffered the messengers of King Charles to pass over, whereby I have suffered great dama --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/) / [Of Richard of Normandy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/) / 70 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 70 Meanwhile the Admiral called to him one of his favourites, by name Orage, saying to him, "Now take a dromedary and ride with all speed to Gallafer that keeps the Bridge of Mantryble, and say to him from me, 'You suffered the messengers of King Charles to pass over, whereby I have suffered great damage. **Who acts:** name Orage, speed, Admiral, I · **What happens:** call, say, take, ride, keep, suffer · **To what, where:** Admiral, Orage, dromedary, Bridge, Mantryble, messengers · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Richard of Normandy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name Orage, speed, Admiral, I), 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:pg75339:24:70 # text = Meanwhile the Admiral called to him one of his favourites, by name Orage, saying to him, "Now take a dromedary and ride with all speed to Gallafer that keeps the Bridge of Mantryble, and say to him from me, 'You suffered the messengers of King Charles to pass over, whereby I have suffered great damage. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 xcomp _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 favourites favourite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Orage Orage PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 dromedary dromedary NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 29 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Gallafer Gallafer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Mantryble Mantryble PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod:desc _ _ 53 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 56 over over ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 advcl _ _ 62 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 damage damage NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | | the Admiral *not said here* | Admiral | | | one of Admiral's favourites *xcomp*; name Orage *xcomp* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | name Orage *not said here* | | Orage | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a dromedary | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dromedary=Theme | | 4 | **ride** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | with all speed to Gallafer | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | all speed to Gallafer | the Bridge of Mantryble | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | Mantryble | | | from me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **suffer** *in a quote* | past | Admiral | the messengers of Charles King | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer messenger=Stimulus | | 8 | **pass over** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Admiral *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **suffer** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | great damage | | | | whereby *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer damage=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/71/) - ↑ back to [Of Richard of Normandy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/)