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title: When he saw that his sons were well established in dignity, he depar… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When he saw that his sons were well established in dignity, he departed from Montalban and journeyed to the city of Cologne, in which city there was now in course of building a very fair church. Who acts: Reynaud, course. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfre
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Reynaud's End, sentence 28

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When he saw that his sons were well established in dignity, he departed from Montalban and journeyed to the city of Cologne, in which city there was now in course of building a very fair church.

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**Who acts:** Reynaud, course · **What happens:** see, establish, depart, journey, build · **To what, where:** sons, dignity, Montalban, city, fair church · **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 Reynaud's End. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Reynaud, course), 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:pg75339:13:28
# text = When he saw that his sons were well established in dignity, he departed from Montalban and journeyed to the city of Cologne, in which city there was now in course of building a very fair church.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dignity	dignity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Montalban	Montalban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	journeyed	journey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Cologne	Cologne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	27	det	_	_
27	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
28	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	29	expl	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
33	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
34	building	build	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	32	acl	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
36	very	very	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Reynaud |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **establish** | past · passive |  | Reynaud's sons |  | dignity |  | well *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **depart** | past | Reynaud |  |  | Montalban |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from montalban=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **journey** | past | Reynaud *not said here* |  |  | which city | now | to the city of Cologne; in course | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to city=Destination |
| 5 | **build** | gerund | course *not said here* | a fair church |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset church=Product |

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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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