--- title: Let it suffice to say in this place that the body was found after ce… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Let it suffice to say in this place that the body was found after certain days and was honourably buried in the church of Cologne, and that year by year a feast is held in the memory of the Lord Reynaud, for indeed he was a very perfect, gentle knight. Who acts: you, plot, place, Reynaud. 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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 (you, plot, place, Reynaud), 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:pg75339:13:47 # text = Let it suffice to say in this place that the body was found after certain days and was honourably buried in the church of Cologne, and that year by year a feast is held in the memory of the Lord Reynaud, for indeed he was a very perfect, gentle knight. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 suffice suffice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 19 honourably honourably ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Cologne Cologne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 49 very very ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | plot | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **suffice** | infinitive | plot *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | plot *not said here* | | | this place | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in place=Manner | | 4 | **find** | past · passive | this place *not said here* | the body | | | day | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **bury** | past · passive | this place *not said here* | | | the church of Cologne | | honourably *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in church=Destination | | 6 | **hold** | present · passive | | a feast | | the memory of the Lord Reynaud | year | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in memory=Location | | 7 | **is a** | past | Reynaud | a perfect gentle knight | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/48/) - ↑ back to [Of Reynaud's End](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/)