--- title: How these two fared at the King's Court, how they were in great favo… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: How these two fared at the King's Court, how they were in great favour with the King, and how they overcame their enemies--for the children of a certain lord that had hated their father sought to do them an injury--cannot be told in this place. Who acts: two, words, children. 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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 (two, words, children), 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:pg75339:13:25 # text = How these two fared at the King's Court, how they were in great favour with the King, and how they overcame their enemies--for the children of a certain lord that had hated their father sought to do them an injury--cannot be told in this place. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fared fare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 hated hate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 injury injury NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fare** | past | this two | | | the King's Court | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | words *= word* | | | great favour | | with the King | tree rules | | 3 | **overcome** | past | words *= word* | words's enemies | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot enemy=Theme | | 4 | **hate** | past · perfect · passive | | a certain lord | | | | words's father *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **seek** | past | the children of a certain lord | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the children of a certain lord *not said here* | words *= word* | | | | a injury *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can · passive | | a injury *not said here* | | this place | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/26/) - ↑ back to [Of Reynaud's End](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/)