--- title: When these messages were delivered (but the King knew not that Richa… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: When these messages were delivered (but the King knew not that Richard had sent to the Peers) there was great debate, for the King hardened his heart as he had done before, and the Peers were urgent with him that he should turn from his anger. Who acts: King, great debate, Peers. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, great debate, Peers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75339:12:100 # text = When these messages were delivered (but the King knew not that Richard had sent to the Peers) there was great debate, for the King hardened his heart as he had done before, and the Peers were urgent with him that he should turn from his anger. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 Richard Richard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Peers peer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 15 punct _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 debate debate NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hardened harden VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 35 before before ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Peers Peer PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 urgent urgent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | past · passive | | this messages | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **not** **know** | past | the King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | Richard | | the Peers | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to peer=Destination | | 4 | **be** | past | great debate | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **harden** | past | the King | King's heart | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | King | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the Peers | | | | | with King; urgent *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **turn** | should | King | | | King's anger | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from anger=Trajectory | | 9 | **anger** | | King | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/101/) - ↑ back to [How Peace Was Made](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/)