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" **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** arm, don, lace, take, mount, ride · **To what, where:** King, corslet, helmet, good sword, hand, good steed This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King), 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:pg75339:36:107 # text = Then without delay he armed himself, donning his corslet and lacing his helmet, and taking in his hand his good sword Joyous, and when he had mounted his good steed he rode forth in front of his army. " 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 without without ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 armed arm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 donning don VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 corslet corslet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 lacing lace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 helmet helmet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 24 Joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 steed steed NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 forth forth ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arm** | past | King | King | | | then | without delay | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | | 2 | **don** | gerund | King *not said here* | King's corslet | | | | | vn simple\_dressing-41.3.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corslet=Theme | | 3 | **lace** | gerund | King *not said here* | King's helmet | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient | | 4 | **take** | gerund | King *not said here* | King's good sword | | King's hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Value in hand=Location | | 5 | **mount** | past · perfect | King | King's good steed | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Patient | | 6 | **ride** | past | King | King's good steed *not said here* | | front of King's army | | forth *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/108/) - ↑ back to [How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/)