--- title: They pulled out his hair and his beard and smote him with their stav… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: They pulled out his hair and his beard and smote him with their staves; then they put a great chain, such as that with which a bear is bound, about his neck, and made him fast to a pack-horse. Who acts: knaves, bear. 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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 (knaves, bear), 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:pg75339:32:55 # text = They pulled out his hair and his beard and smote him with their staves; then they put a great chain, such as that with which a bear is bound, about his neck, and made him fast to a pack-horse. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 staves stave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 25 case _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 bound bound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull out** | past | knaves *= knave* | Ganelon's hair and Ganelon's beard | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **smite** | past | knaves *= knave* *not said here* | Ganelon | | | | with knaves's staves | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with stave=Instrument | | 3 | **put** | past | knaves *= knave* | a great chain | | | then | about Ganelon's neck | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent chain=Theme about neck=Destination | | 4 | **is** | present | a bear | | | | | such a great chain; with a great chain; bound *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past | knaves *= knave* *not said here* | Ganelon | | | | to a pack horse; fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/32/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/32/56/) - ↑ back to [How Roland Sounded His Horn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/32/)