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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 (many, Reynaud), 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:pg75339:9:14 # text = But many of the King's knights pursued him, and hindered him from escaping, and at the last Oliver overthrew him, casting him down from his horse to the ground, so that he was fain to yield himself prisoner. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 hindered hinder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 from from SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 escaping escape VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 22 overthrew overthrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 casting cast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 csubj _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pursue** | past | many of the King's knights | Reynaud | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **hinder** | past | many of the King's knights *not said here* | Reynaud | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Eventuality | | 3 | **escape** | gerund | many of the King's knights *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **overthrow** | past | | Reynaud | | the last Oliver | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cast down** | gerund | | Reynaud | | the ground | | from Reynaud's horse | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from horse=Initial\_Location to ground=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | Reynaud | | | | | fain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **yield** | to-infinitive | | Reynaud | | | | prisoner *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent himself=Goal prisoner=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/15/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)