--- title: But Reyner, that was father to Oliver, when he saw his son ready to… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But Reyner, that was father to Oliver, when he saw his son ready to go forth, came to the King, and knelt down at his feet, and cried in sore trouble, "Now, my lord King, have pity on my son and me. Who acts: Reyner, son, lord. 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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 (Reyner, son, lord), 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:pg75339:16:71 # text = But Reyner, that was father to Oliver, when he saw his son ready to go forth, came to the King, and knelt down at his feet, and cried in sore trouble, "Now, my lord King, have pity on my son and me. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 Reyner Reyner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 forth forth ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 45 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 46 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | that father | Oliver | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | Reyner | Reyner's son | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | | 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | Reyner's son *not said here* | | | | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | Reyner *not said here* | | | | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **kneel down** | past | Reyner *not said here* | | | King's feet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | sore trouble | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trouble=Location | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | my lord | pity | | | now | on my son me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/72/) - ↑ back to [How Fierabras Defied King Charles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/)