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title: When knowledge of these things came to the King's ears he rejoiced g… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When knowledge of these things came to the King's ears he rejoiced greatly, saying to his Barons, "This time, methinks, Reynaud shall not escape me. Who acts: knowledge, Reynaud. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of What Befell At Montalban,
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 50

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When knowledge of these things came to the King's ears he rejoiced greatly, saying to his Barons, "This time, methinks, Reynaud shall not escape me.

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**Who acts:** knowledge, Reynaud · **What happens:** come, rejoice, say, not escape · **To what, where:** ears, Barons, knowledge · **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 (knowledge, Reynaud), 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:pg75339:11:50
# text = When knowledge of these things came to the King's ears he rejoiced greatly, saying to his Barons, "This time, methinks, Reynaud shall not escape me.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	rejoiced	rejoice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	Barons	baron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	methinks	methink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
27	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
28	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
31	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | knowledge of this things |  |  | the King's ears |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ear=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **rejoice** | past | knowledge | the King's ears *not said here* |  |  |  | greatly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | knowledge of this things *not said here* |  | knowledge's Barons |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to baron=Recipient |
| 4 | **not** **escape** *in a quote* | shall | Reynaud | knowledge of this things *= knowledge* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Initial\_Location |

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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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