--- title: So coming to the tent wherein the Admiral abode, he spake with a lou… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So coming to the tent wherein the Admiral abode, he spake with a loud voice: "The noble Charles, King of France, sends this message: If you will renounce Mahomet and all false gods and receive the true faith, you shall keep all your land and worship, and shall be honoured and loved of all Christian --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/41/) [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 the End of Balan the Admiral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/) / 41 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 41 So coming to the tent wherein the Admiral abode, he spake with a loud voice: "The noble Charles, King of France, sends this message: If you will renounce Mahomet and all false gods and receive the true faith, you shall keep all your land and worship, and shall be honoured and loved of all Christian men. **Who acts:** Admiral abode, abode, you · **What happens:** come, speak, send, renounce, receive, keep · **To what, where:** tent, message, Mahomet, true faith, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the End of Balan the Admiral. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Admiral abode, abode, you), 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:pg75339:26:41 # text = So coming to the tent wherein the Admiral abode, he spake with a loud voice: "The noble Charles, King of France, sends this message: If you will renounce Mahomet and all false gods and receive the true faith, you shall keep all your land and worship, and shall be honoured and loved of all Christian men. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 abode abode NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 27 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 If if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 renounce renounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 35 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 38 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 receive receive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 worship worship NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 honoured honour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 conj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 64 det _ _ 63 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | the Admiral abode *not said here* | | | the tent | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tent=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | | abode | | | | | with a loud voice | tree rules | | 3 | **send** *in a quote* | present | the Admiral abode | this message | | | | wherein *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 4 | **renounce** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | Mahomet and all false gods | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mahomet=Source | | 5 | **receive** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | the true faith | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | shall | you | your land and worship | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 7 | **honour** *in a quote* | shall · passive | the Admiral abode *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **love** *in a quote* | participle | the Admiral abode *not said here* | | | | | of all Christian men | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/42/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of Balan the Admiral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/)