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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 (Reynaud, men, terrible battle), 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:pg75339:5:55 # text = So the trumpet was sounded, and Reynaud and his men issued from the castle gate, and the King's men on the other hand made themselves ready for the fight, and there was a very terrible battle. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 trumpet trumpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 sounded sound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 12 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 28 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 36 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | past · passive | | the trumpet | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **issue** | past | Reynaud and Reynaud's men | | | the castle gate | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | the King's men on the other hand | men *= man* | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Product | | 4 | **be** | past | a terrible battle | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/56/) - ↑ back to [How It Fared With the Brethren](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/5/)