--- title: Gerames, though he had counselled the blowing of the horn, when he s… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Gerames, though he had counselled the blowing of the horn, when he saw Huon now ready to do so, repented, for he mistrusted King Oberon, and would gladly have done without his help. Who acts: Provost, Gerames, Huon. 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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 (Provost, Gerames, Huon), 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:pg75339:40:84 # text = Gerames, though he had counselled the blowing of the horn, when he saw Huon now ready to do so, repented, for he mistrusted King Oberon, and would gladly have done without his help. 1 Gerames gerame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 counselled counsell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 acl:relcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 blowing blowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 repented repent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 mistrusted mistrust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 Oberon Oberon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux _ _ 35 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 36 without without ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **counsell** | past · perfect | Provost | the blowing of the horn | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Gerames | Huon | | | | Provost *nsubj*; ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huon=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | Huon *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **repent** | participle | Huon *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mistrust** | past | Provost | King Oberon | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oberon=Stimulus | | 6 | **do** | would · perfect | Provost *not said here* | | | | | without Provost's help; gladly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **blow** | | | the horn | | | | | nom blowing «process transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **help** | | Provost | | | | | | nom help «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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/85/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)