--- title: He was as one out of his wits with rage, and, crying out to his god… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: He was as one out of his wits with rage, and, crying out to his god Mahomet that he was accursed and recreant, he smote the image with a club that he held in his two hands and brake it down. Who acts: Balan. 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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 (Balan), 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:pg75339:26:2 # text = He was as one out of his wits with rage, and, crying out to his god Mahomet that he was accursed and recreant, he smote the image with a club that he held in his two hands and brake it down. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wits wit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 csubj:pass _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Mahomet mahomet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 recreant recreant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 brake break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Balan | | | Balan's wits with rage | | as one | tree rules | | 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund | | | Balan's god Mahomet | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mahomet=Recipient | | 3 | **accurs** | past · passive | | Balan | | | | recreant *conj* | tree rules | | 4 | **smite** | past | Balan | the image | | | | with a club | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent image=Patient with club=Instrument | | 5 | **hold** | past | Balan | | | Balan's two hands | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 6 | **break down** | infinitive | Balan *not said here* | image | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/3/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of Balan the Admiral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/)