--- title: Sortibrant said, "Send a spy, Sir Admiral, that you may know what Ki… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Sortibrant said, "Send a spy, Sir Admiral, that you may know what King Charles is doing; afterwards, let us march together against him, and if we prevail over him then shall you hang him and his people without mercy, and you shall cut off the head of your son Fierabras, for the help that he has give --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/6/) [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/) / 6 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 6 Sortibrant said, "Send a spy, Sir Admiral, that you may know what King Charles is doing; afterwards, let us march together against him, and if we prevail over him then shall you hang him and his people without mercy, and you shall cut off the head of your son Fierabras, for the help that he has given your enemies." **Who acts:** Sortibrant, you, Charles, us, we · **What happens:** say, send, know, do, let, march · **To what, where:** spy, us, Charles, head · **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 (Sortibrant, you, Charles, us), 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:pg75339:26:6 # text = Sortibrant said, "Send a spy, Sir Admiral, that you may know what King Charles is doing; afterwards, let us march together against him, and if we prevail over him then shall you hang him and his people without mercy, and you shall cut off the head of your son Fierabras, for the help that he has given your enemies." 1 Sortibrant Sortibrant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spy spy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:desc _ _ 10 Admiral Admiral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:desc _ _ 18 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 march march VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 together together ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 against against ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 prevail prevail VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 45 without without ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 52 off off ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 Fierabras Fierabras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 63 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 66 obj _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 62 acl:relcl _ _ 67 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sortibrant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send** *in a quote* | infinitive | | a spy | | | | Admiral Sir *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spy=Theme | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | may | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Charles King | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | afterwards *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **march** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | against Charles; together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Trajectory | | 7 | **prevail** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | we | | | | | over Charles | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location | | 8 | **hang** *in a quote* | shall | you | Charles | | | then | without mercy | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 9 | **cut off** *in a quote* | shall | you | the head of your son | | | | for the help | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 10 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | Charles | | | | the help *obj*; your enemies *obj* | tree rules | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/7/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of Balan the Admiral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/)