--- title: There they confessed their sins to the Pope, and having received abs… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: There they confessed their sins to the Pope, and having received absolution, made their way with all the speed they could to the city of Ardennes, where the brethren and all the people received them gladly. Who acts: words, brethren. 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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 (words, brethren), 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:pg75339:13:6 # text = There they confessed their sins to the Pope, and having received absolution, made their way with all the speed they could to the city of Ardennes, where the brethren and all the people received them gladly. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 confessed confess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 absolution absolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Ardennes Ardennes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 37 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confess** | past | words *= word* | words's sins | the Pope | there | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sin=Topic to pope=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | gerund | words *= word* *not said here* | received absolution | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absolution=Patient | | 3 | **receive** | participle | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | past | words *= word* *not said here* | words's way | | | | with all speed to the city words of Ardennes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 5 | **receive** | past | the brethren and all people | words *= word* | | | | gladly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/7/) - ↑ back to [Of Reynaud's End](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/13/)