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title: Then the brethren and all the knights and Barons that were there, wh… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the brethren and all the knights and Barons that were there, whether of one party or of the other, fell upon their knees before the King, and begged that he would make peace, but the King hardened his heart, saying, "There shall be no peace till Mawgis be delivered to my will." Who acts: Barons
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 16

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Then the brethren and all the knights and Barons that were there, whether of one party or of the other, fell upon their knees before the King, and begged that he would make peace, but the King hardened his heart, saying, "There shall be no peace till Mawgis be delivered to my will."

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**Who acts:** Barons, brethren, King, saying · **What happens:** be, fall, beg, make, harden, say · **To what, where:** peace, heart · **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 (Barons, brethren, King, saying), 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:pg75339:11:16
# text = Then the brethren and all the knights and Barons that were there, whether of one party or of the other, fell upon their knees before the King, and begged that he would make peace, but the King hardened his heart, saying, "There shall be no peace till Mawgis be delivered to my will."
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Barons	baron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
14	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
23	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
27	before	before	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
33	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
35	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	ccomp	_	_
37	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
42	hardened	harden	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	53	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	51	expl	_	_
50	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	cop	_	_
52	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	53	det	_	_
53	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj:pass	_	_
54	till	till	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Mawgis	Mawgis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
56	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	aux:pass	_	_
57	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	parataxis	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Barons |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the brethren and all knights and Barons |  |  |  | before the King; then | of one party; upon Barons's knees | tree rules |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the brethren and all knights and Barons *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **make** | would | brethren | peace |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product |
| 5 | **harden** | past | the King | King's heart |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | saying | no peace |  |  | till Mawgis |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **deliver** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive |  | no peace |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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