--- title: King Oberon heard the blast of the horn where he sat in his city of… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: King Oberon heard the blast of the horn where he sat in his city of Mommure, and he said to himself, "Doubtless my friend has need of me; I wish that I were with him and ten thousand men with me." Who acts: King, Doubtless friend. 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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 (King, Doubtless friend), 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:pg75339:40:89 # text = King Oberon heard the blast of the horn where he sat in his city of Mommure, and he said to himself, "Doubtless my friend has need of me; I wish that I were with him and ten thousand men with me." 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Oberon Oberon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 blast blast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Mommure Mommure PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Doubtless Doubtless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 ccomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 compound _ _ 42 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | King | the blast of the horn | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past | King | | | King's city of Mommure | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in city=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | my Doubtless friend | need of me | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | | 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | King | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | King | | | | | with King; thousand men with me *conj* | tree rules | | 7 | **blast** | | | the horn | | | | | nom blast «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **need** *in a quote* | | | me | | | | | nom need «state transitive»: of=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/90/) - ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)