--- title: The giant knelt down, and said, "I did think myself the most mighty… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The giant knelt down, and said, "I did think myself the most mighty man upon the whole face of the earth, and that not ten men could prevail over me, but now am I overcome by one only. Who acts: giant, ten men. 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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 (giant, ten men), 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:pg75339:42:87 # text = The giant knelt down, and said, "I did think myself the most mighty man upon the whole face of the earth, and that not ten men could prevail over me, but now am I overcome by one only. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 overcome overcome VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 obl _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel down** | past | the giant | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · do-support | the giant *= giant* | the giant *= giant* | | | | the mighty man *obj* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent myself=Theme man=Attribute | | 4 | **prevail** *in a quote* | could | ten men | | | | | over the giant *= giant* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over i=Location | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the giant *= giant* | | | | now | by one; overcome *property* | tree rules | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/88/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)