--- title: He sends them to you for your sport, that on the feast of St. John B… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: He sends them to you for your sport, that on the feast of St. John Baptist you may set them bound to stakes in the meadow, and let the archers shoot at them, trying who shall shoot the best. Who acts: King, that, archers, your. 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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, that, archers, your), 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:pg75339:42:16 # text = He sends them to you for your sport, that on the feast of St. John Baptist you may set them bound to stakes in the meadow, and let the archers shoot at them, trying who shall shoot the best. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 Baptist Baptist PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 bound bound ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 stakes stake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 archers archer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 shoot shoot VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 xcomp _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present | King | Gerames *= gerame* | you | | | for your sport | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to you=Destination | | 2 | **set** | may | that on the feast of John St. | Gerames *= gerame* | | | | you *nsubj*; bound *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | that on the feast of John St. *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **shoot** | present | the archers | | | | | at Gerames *= gerame* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at they=Destination | | 5 | **try** | gerund | the archers *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **shoot** *not said to happen* | shall | | the best | | | | who *nsubj* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme | | 7 | **sport** | | your | | | | | | nom sport «act intransitive»: 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/17/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)