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title: But Charles urged him, saying that the King and Queen would be in Pa… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: But Charles urged him, saying that the King and Queen would be in Paris to spend Yuletide together, and that there would be much merrymaking, and that without doubt he would sell his fuel to great advantage. " Who acts: Charles, King, doubt. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Entertained the King, sentence 63

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But Charles urged him, saying that the King and Queen would be in Paris to spend Yuletide together, and that there would be much merrymaking, and that without doubt he would sell his fuel to great advantage. "

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**Who acts:** Charles, King, doubt · **What happens:** urge, say, be, sell · **To what, where:** Court, much merrymaking, fuel, great advantage · **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, How Ralph Entertained the King. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Charles, King, doubt), 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:pg75339:14:63
# text = But Charles urged him, saying that the King and Queen would be in Paris to spend Yuletide together, and that there would be much merrymaking, and that without doubt he would sell his fuel to great advantage. "
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	urged	urge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	spend	spend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
18	Yuletide	Yuletide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	together	together	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	25	expl	_	_
24	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	cop	_	_
26	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	merrymaking	merrymaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
30	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
31	without	without	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
34	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	_
42	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **urge** | past | Charles |  | Court |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Charles *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | would | the King and Queen |  |  |  |  | Paris *nsubj*; Yuletide *obj*; spend, together *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | infinitive |  | much merrymaking |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **sell** | would | that doubt | Court's fuel | great advantage |  |  | Court *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme to advantage=Recipient |

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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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