--- title: Nevertheless, when he came to the font the evil spirit in him rebell… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Nevertheless, when he came to the font the evil spirit in him rebelled, and he spat in the font, and went near to slaying the bishop that should have christened him; for he took him by the middle, and would have drowned him in the font. Who acts: Balan, evil spirit. 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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, evil spirit), 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:pg75339:26:71 # text = Nevertheless, when he came to the font the evil spirit in him rebelled, and he spat in the font, and went near to slaying the bishop that should have christened him; for he took him by the middle, and would have drowned him in the font. 1 Nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 font font NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 14 rebelled rebel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 spat spat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 font font NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 near near ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 slaying slay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 christened christen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux _ _ 47 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 font font NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Balan | | | the font | | nevertheless *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to font=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **rebel** | past | the evil spirit in Balan | the font *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **spat** | | Balan | | | the font | | | tree rules | | 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* | the bishop | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bishop=Patient | | 6 | **christen** | should · perfect | | the bishop | | | | Balan *obj* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme he=Result | | 7 | **take** | past | Balan | | spirit | | | by the middle | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 8 | **drown** | would · perfect | Balan *not said here* | Balan | | the font | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/72/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of Balan the Admiral](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/26/)