--- title: For when Amyot, the giantess that was wife to Amyon, heard the cry o… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: For when Amyot, the giantess that was wife to Amyon, heard the cry of the townsfolk, she ran forth from her house, having a sharp scythe in her hand, and fell upon the Frenchmen in a great rage, and slew many of them. Who acts: that, Amyon, townsfolk. 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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 (that, Amyon, townsfolk), 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:pg75339:25:66 # text = For when Amyot, the giantess that was wife to Amyon, heard the cry of the townsfolk, she ran forth from her house, having a sharp scythe in her hand, and fell upon the Frenchmen in a great rage, and slew many of them. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 3 Amyot Amyot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Amyon Amyon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 townsfolk townsfolk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 22 forth forth ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 scythe scythe NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Frenchmen Frenchman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 47 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | that | wife | Amyon | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | | the cry of the townsfolk | | | | for Amyot | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | | 3 | **run** | past | Amyon | | | Amyon's house | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from house=Trajectory | | 4 | **have** | gerund | Amyon *not said here* | a sharp scythe | | Amyon's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scythe=Patient | | 5 | **fall** | past | | | | a great rage | | upon the Frenchmen | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon frenchman=Location | | 6 | **slay** | past | | many of Frenchmen | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 7 | **cry** | | the townsfolk | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/25/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/25/67/) - ↑ back to [How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/25/)