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title: Cutting the cords, so that the whole tent fell to the ground, he lai… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Cutting the cords, so that the whole tent fell to the ground, he laid hands on the golden Eagle that was on the great pole in the middle, a thing so costly that no man could tell the price thereof. Who acts: tent, whole tent, that, man. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 3

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Cutting the cords, so that the whole tent fell to the ground, he laid hands on the golden Eagle that was on the great pole in the middle, a thing so costly that no man could tell the price thereof.

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**Who acts:** tent, whole tent, that, man · **What happens:** cut, fall, lay, be, tell · **To what, where:** cords, hands, great pole, price · **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, More Deeds of Mawgis. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tent, whole tent, that, man), 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:pg75339:9:3
# text = Cutting the cords, so that the whole tent fell to the ground, he laid hands on the golden Eagle that was on the great pole in the middle, a thing so costly that no man could tell the price thereof.
1	Cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	Eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	parataxis	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
34	so	so	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
36	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
37	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	38	det	_	_
38	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
39	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	advcl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
43	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund | tent *not said here* | the cords |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cord=Product |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the whole tent |  |  |  |  | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme |
| 3 | **lay** | past | tent | hands |  |  |  | on the golden Eagle | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on eagle=Destination |
| 4 | **is** | past | that |  |  | the great pole and a thing |  | in the middle; a thing *conj* | tree rules |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | no man | the price |  |  |  | thereof *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent price=Recipient |

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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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