--- title: And the second dream that he dreamed was this: He thought he was at… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And the second dream that he dreamed was this: He thought he was at his palace at Aachen, and that he sat upon steps, holding a bear that was bound with a double chain. Who acts: King, second dream. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Char --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/39/) [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/) / [How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/) / 39 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 39 And the second dream that he dreamed was this: He thought he was at his palace at Aachen, and that he sat upon steps, holding a bear that was bound with a double chain. **Who acts:** King, second dream · **What happens:** dream, be, think, sit, hold, bind · **To what, where:** second dream, this, palace, bear · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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, second dream), 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:pg75339:36:39 # text = And the second dream that he dreamed was this: He thought he was at his palace at Aachen, and that he sat upon steps, holding a bear that was bound with a double chain. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Aachen Aachen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | past | King | the second dream *not said here* | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | the second dream | this | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | King | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | King | | | King's palace | | at Aachen | tree rules | | 5 | **sit** | past | King | | | | | upon steps | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon step=Location | | 6 | **hold** | gerund | King *not said here* | a bear | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Theme | | 7 | **bind** | past · passive | | a bear | | | | with a double chain | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with chain=Co-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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/40/) - ↑ back to [How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/)