--- title: But him Duke Richard overthrew; Duke Reyner slew Sortibrant; and Bal… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But him Duke Richard overthrew; Duke Reyner slew Sortibrant; and Balan the Admiral slew Huon of Milan, and went near to slaying Milon, but that Ganelon and his men saved him, though not without much damage to themselves. Who acts: Duke, Balan, Ganelon. 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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 (Duke, Balan, Ganelon), 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:pg75339:26:60 # text = But him Duke Richard overthrew; Duke Reyner slew Sortibrant; and Balan the Admiral slew Huon of Milan, and went near to slaying Milon, but that Ganelon and his men saved him, though not without much damage to themselves. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 3 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Richard Richard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 overthrew overthrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 Reyner Reyner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 Sortibrant Sortibrant PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Balan Balan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Admiral Admiral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 near near ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 slaying slay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 26 Milon Milon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 Ganelon Ganelon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 34 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 though though SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 39 without without ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 damage damage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overthrow** | past | | Turk | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **slay** | past | Duke | Sortibrant | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sortibrant=Patient | | 3 | **slay** | past | Balan | Huon of Milan | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huon=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past | Balan *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **slay** | gerund | Balan *not said here* | Milon | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milon=Patient | | 6 | **save** | past | Ganelon and Turk's men | Milon | | | | without much damage to Saracens | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/61/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of Balan the Admiral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/)