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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 (Gerames, Admiral), 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:pg75339:42:84 # text = When Gerames saw what had befallen, he said to the Admiral, "Know that I am no Saracen, no, nor nephew of yours, but I came to look for my lord, Huon of Bordeaux." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Gerames gerame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 Saracen Saracen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 25 cc _ _ 25 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Huon Huon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Bordeaux Bordeaux PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Gerames | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **befall** | past · perfect · passive | | | | | | what *nsubj:pass* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Admiral | | the Admiral | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to admiral=Recipient | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | Admiral *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Admiral | no Saracen | | | | nephew of yours *appos* | tree rules | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | past | Admiral | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Admiral *not said here* | | | | | for my lord | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for lord=Theme | 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/pg75339/42/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/85/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)