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title: The others had small pleasure to see him, for even the Lady Clare, t… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: The others had small pleasure to see him, for even the Lady Clare, that was his sister, spake sharply to him saying, "Brother, you have done me such damage that you well deserved to die." Who acts: others, that, shame, you. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alf
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 122

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The others had small pleasure to see him, for even the Lady Clare, that was his sister, spake sharply to him saying, "Brother, you have done me such damage that you well deserved to die."

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**Who acts:** others, that, shame, you · **What happens:** have, see, be, speak, say, do · **To what, where:** small pleasure, shame, sister, Brother, such damage, others · **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, Of What Befell At Montalban. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, that, shame, you), 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:pg75339:11:122
# text = The others had small pleasure to see him, for even the Lady Clare, that was his sister, spake sharply to him saying, "Brother, you have done me such damage that you well deserved to die."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Clare	Clare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	spake	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
22	sharply	sharply	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	Brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
33	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	iobj	_	_
34	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	obj	_	_
37	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	39	advmod	_	_
39	deserved	deserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the others | small pleasure |  |  |  | the Lady Clare *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the others *not said here* | shame |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | past | that | shame's sister |  |  |  | shame *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | the others *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sharply *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | shame | Brother |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | such damage | the others *= other* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **deserve** *in a quote* | past | you | such damage |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **die** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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