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title: When Reynaud knew of the matter he told it to Roland, and Roland sai… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When Reynaud knew of the matter he told it to Roland, and Roland said, "I will now send to the King my uncle this message--that Reynaud has dealt with me right courteously; also that he and his brethren and Mawgis will give themselves and their castle into his hands if only he will promise to save u
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 42

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When Reynaud knew of the matter he told it to Roland, and Roland said, "I will now send to the King my uncle this message--that Reynaud has dealt with me right courteously; also that he and his brethren and Mawgis will give themselves and their castle into his hands if only he will promise to save us alive." "

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**Who acts:** Reynaud, Roland, King · **What happens:** know, tell, say, send, deal, give · **To what, where:** matter, message, uncle, Mawgis, hands, us · **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, 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 (Reynaud, Roland, King), 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:pg75339:10:42
# text = When Reynaud knew of the matter he told it to Roland, and Roland said, "I will now send to the King my uncle this message--that Reynaud has dealt with me right courteously; also that he and his brethren and Mawgis will give themselves and their castle into his hands if only he will promise to save us alive." "
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
21	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	ccomp	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
27	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	28	det	_	_
28	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
32	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	dealt	deal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	obl	_	_
36	right	right	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	courteously	courteously	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
39	also	also	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	Mawgis	Mawgis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
47	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
49	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	48	obj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	_
53	into	into	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	_
56	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
57	only	only	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	advcl	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	xcomp	_	_
63	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	62	iobj	_	_
64	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	48	punct	_	_
67	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | Reynaud |  |  |  |  | of the matter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of matter=Stimulus |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Reynaud |  | matter |  |  | to Roland | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Roland |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **send** *in a quote* | future | Reynaud | this message | my uncle |  | now | to the King | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent uncle=Destination message=Theme |
| 5 | **deal** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Reynaud |  |  |  |  | with Reynaud; courteously *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with i=Theme |
| 6 | **give** *in a quote* | future | King | Mawgis |  | King's hands |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme |
| 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **save** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* |  | us |  |  | alive *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |

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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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