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title: When Reynaud saw the Duke Aymon he said to him, "For pity's sake, my… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 73

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When Reynaud saw the Duke Aymon he said to him, "For pity's sake, my father, give me food, for my wife and my children and my brothers and all my people are dying of hunger.

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**Who acts:** Reynaud, people · **What happens:** see, say, give, die · **To what, where:** Duke Aymon, Bayard, food, Reynaud · **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, people), 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:pg75339:11:73
# text = When Reynaud saw the Duke Aymon he said to him, "For pity's sake, my father, give me food, for my wife and my children and my brothers and all my people are dying of hunger.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Aymon	Aymon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	For	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
21	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
22	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	iobj	_	_
23	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
35	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	37	det:predet	_	_
36	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj	_	_
38	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Reynaud | the Duke Aymon |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aymon=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Reynaud |  | Bayard |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | food | Reynaud |  |  | for pity's sake and my father; for my wife and my children and my brothers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient food=Theme for sake=Asset |
| 4 | **die** *in a quote* | present · progressive | my people |  |  |  |  | of hunger | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of hunger=Causer |

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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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