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title: The King commanded that all the engines of war should be broken, for… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: The King commanded that all the engines of war should be broken, for he feared lest others also of the Barons should throw victuals into the castle. Who acts: King. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of What Befell At Montalban, with its depe
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 97

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The King commanded that all the engines of war should be broken, for he feared lest others also of the Barons should throw victuals into the castle.

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**Who acts:** King · **What happens:** command, break, fear, throw · **To what, where:** engines, victuals, castle · **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 (King), 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:pg75339:11:97
# text = The King commanded that all the engines of war should be broken, for he feared lest others also of the Barons should throw victuals into the castle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	engines	engine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	lest	lest	SCONJ	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	also	also	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Barons	Baron	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
23	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
25	victuals	victual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
26	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **break** | should · passive |  | all engines of war |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **fear** | past | King |  |  |  |  | lest others | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **throw** | should | King *not said here* | victuals |  | the castle |  | of the Barons | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent victual=Theme of baron=Initial\_Location into castle=Destination |

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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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