--- title: So the prisoners, being clad in armour, and having swords by their s… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So the prisoners, being clad in armour, and having swords by their sides, followed Geoffrey to the hall where the Duke and Huon sat at dinner; and when they had entered the hall, Huon said to his uncle, "Are these the Barons who shall conduct me on my journey?" for he was very desirous to depart. 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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, prisoners, Huon, Barons), 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:pg75339:40:65 # text = So the prisoners, being clad in armour, and having swords by their sides, followed Geoffrey to the hall where the Duke and Huon sat at dinner; and when they had entered the hall, Huon said to his uncle, "Are these the Barons who shall conduct me on my journey?" for he was very desirous to depart. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 clad clad VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 12 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 18 Geoffrey Geoffrey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 39 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Barons Baron PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 conduct conduct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ? ? PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 " " PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ 59 for for SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 very very ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 desirous desirous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 advcl _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clad** | gerund · passive | | the prisoners | | armour | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | swords | | | | by prisoners's sides | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | | 3 | **follow** | past | | Geoffrey | | the hall | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent geoffrey=Theme to hall=Trajectory | | 4 | **sit** | past | the Duke and Huon | | | dinner | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location | | 5 | **enter** | past · perfect | prisoners *= prisoner* | the hall | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Huon | | Duke's uncle | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to uncle=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **conduct** *in a quote* | shall | this Barons | Huon | | my journey | | who *nsubj* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme on journey=Destination | | 8 | **is** | past | Duke | | | | | desirous *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **depart** | to-infinitive | Duke *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **journey** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/66/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)