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title: When they were come to Babylon, Gerames led his company to the Admir… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When they were come to Babylon, Gerames led his company to the Admiral's palace, and went in and saluted him where he sat with his lords, saying, "Now may Mahomet, of whose gift both corn and wine come to the sons of men, preserve the Admiral Gaudys!" " Who acts: Gerames, gift. A sentence of «Storie
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 6

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When they were come to Babylon, Gerames led his company to the Admiral's palace, and went in and saluted him where he sat with his lords, saying, "Now may Mahomet, of whose gift both corn and wine come to the sons of men, preserve the Admiral Gaudys!" "

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**Who acts:** Gerames, gift · **What happens:** come, lead, go in, salute, sit, say · **To what, where:** Gerames, Babylon, company, palace, Mahomet, Admiral Gaudys · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Gerames, gift), 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:pg75339:42:6
# text = When they were come to Babylon, Gerames led his company to the Admiral's palace, and went in and saluted him where he sat with his lords, saying, "Now may Mahomet, of whose gift both corn and wine come to the sons of men, preserve the Admiral Gaudys!" "
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Gerames	Gerames	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Admiral	Admiral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
20	in	in	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	saluted	salute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	26	advmod	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	36	advmod	_	_
35	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	Mahomet	Mahomet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
41	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc:preconj	_	_
42	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
45	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	parataxis	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	Admiral	Admiral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	Gaudys	Gaudys	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	55	punct	_	_
58	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · passive |  | Gerames *= gerame* | Babylon |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lead** | past | Gerames | Gerames's company |  | the Admiral's palace |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent company=Theme to palace=Destination |
| 3 | **go in** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **salute** | past |  | Gerames |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 5 | **sit** | past | Gerames |  |  |  |  | with Gerames's lords | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | Gerames *not said here* | Mahomet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present | gift both corn and wine |  |  |  |  | to the sons of men | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to son=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **preserve** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | the Admiral Gaudys |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaudys=Beneficiary |

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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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