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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 15

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But Reynaud said, "Be silent, my brother; let the King say what he will; 'tis for us to pray that he make peace with us."

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**Who acts:** Reynaud, King, us · **What happens:** say, be, let, pray, make · **To what, where:** tis, peace · **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 (Reynaud, King, us), 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:pg75339:11:15
# text = But Reynaud said, "Be silent, my brother; let the King say what he will; 'tis for us to pray that he make peace with us."
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
20	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	tis	tis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
22	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	acl	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	ccomp	_	_
29	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Reynaud |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | my brother *obl*; silent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | tis |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the King |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 5 | **pray** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | us | tis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 6 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | King | peace |  |  |  | with us | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product |

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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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