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title: By this time the King, having been baulked of his will once again, f… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: By this time the King, having been baulked of his will once again, for he had counted it for certain that Roland would overcome Reynaud, was yet more steadfastly determined not to give peace to the brethren; therefore he bade Duke Richard of Normandy ride on and guard the crossing over the river whi
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 38

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By this time the King, having been baulked of his will once again, for he had counted it for certain that Roland would overcome Reynaud, was yet more steadfastly determined not to give peace to the brethren; therefore he bade Duke Richard of Normandy ride on and guard the crossing over the river while he himself followed with all the host that he could muster.

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**Who acts:** King, Roland, Reynaud, bade, host · **What happens:** baulk, count, overcome, be, determine, not give · **To what, where:** side, peace, brethren, crossing, river, King

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Mawgis Became a Hermit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Roland, Reynaud, bade), 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:pg75339:10:38
# text = By this time the King, having been baulked of his will once again, for he had counted it for certain that Roland would overcome Reynaud, was yet more steadfastly determined not to give peace to the brethren; therefore he bade Duke Richard of Normandy ride on and guard the crossing over the river while he himself followed with all the host that he could muster.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	baulked	baulk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	advmod	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
25	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	overcome	overcome	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
27	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
30	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
31	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	32	advmod	_	_
32	steadfastly	steadfastly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	ccomp	_	_
33	determined	determine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	conj	_	_
34	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	36	advmod	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
37	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
42	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
45	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	_
46	Richard	Richard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Normandy	Normandy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
49	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
50	on	on	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	conj	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
55	over	over	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
58	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
59	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj:pass	_	_
60	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	59	nmod:unmarked	_	_
61	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	advcl	_	_
62	with	with	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	65	det:predet	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl:agent	_	_
66	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
67	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	nsubj	_	_
68	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	muster	muster	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	65	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **baulk** | gerund · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | past · perfect | King | side |  |  |  | for certain | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **overcome** | would | Roland |  |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **is** | past | Reynaud |  |  |  | yet | steadfastly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **determine** | participle | Reynaud *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | Reynaud *not said here* | peace | the brethren |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent peace=Theme to brethren=Recipient |
| 7 | **bade** |  | King |  |  |  |  | Duke Richard of Normandy *appos*; therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **ride on** | present | bade |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **guard** | infinitive | bade *not said here* | the crossing |  | the river |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crossing=Beneficiary |
| 10 | **follow** | participle · passive | all host | King |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 11 | **muster** | could | King | all host *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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