--- title: And now the King was at last brought to a better mind, for he said t… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And now the King was at last brought to a better mind, for he said to a knight that waited on him, "Ride now as fast as you may, and when you come to the Peers tell them that I will listen to their counsel." Who acts: King, knight, 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, knight, 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:pg75339:12:106 # text = And now the King was at last brought to a better mind, for he said to a knight that waited on him, "Ride now as fast as you may, and when you come to the Peers tell them that I will listen to their counsel." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 38 to to SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Peers peer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | now | last *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | participle | | | | a better mind | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to mind=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | a knight | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to knight=Recipient | | 4 | **wait** | past | a knight | | | | | on King | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location | | 5 | **ride** *in a quote* | infinitive | a knight *not said here* | | | | now | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | a knight *= knight* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the Peers | | Reynaud | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 8 | **listen** *in a quote* | future | King | | | | | to Reynaud's counsel | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to counsel=Theme | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/107/) - ↑ back to [How Peace Was Made](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/)