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title: Such was his anger that he had much ado to keep himself from running… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Such was his anger that he had much ado to keep himself from running at the Admiral to slay him; but with a staff that he had, he smote the false prisoners that he had so hardly that the blood ran down. Who acts: Such, much ado, staff, blood. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peer
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 22

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Such was his anger that he had much ado to keep himself from running at the Admiral to slay him; but with a staff that he had, he smote the false prisoners that he had so hardly that the blood ran down.

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**Who acts:** Such, much ado, staff, blood · **What happens:** be, have, keep, run, slay, smite · **To what, where:** anger, much ado, Such, Admiral, staff, false prisoners

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Such, much ado, staff, blood), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:42:22
# text = Such was his anger that he had much ado to keep himself from running at the Admiral to slay him; but with a staff that he had, he smote the false prisoners that he had so hardly that the blood ran down.
1	Such	Such	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ado	ado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	_
13	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	smote	smite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
38	so	so	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
39	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
43	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	advcl	_	_
44	down	down	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Such | Such's anger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | Such | much ado |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | much ado *not said here* | Such |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 4 | **run** | gerund | much ado *not said here* |  |  | the Admiral |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at admiral=Trajectory |
| 5 | **slay** | to-infinitive | much ado *not said here* | Such |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 6 | **have** | past | staff | a staff *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient |
| 7 | **smite** | past | a staff | the false prisoners |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prisoner=Experiencer |
| 8 | **have** | past | staff |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **run down** | past | the blood |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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