--- title: But now hear this: my lord the King has sent this message by my mout… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But now hear this: my lord the King has sent this message by my mouth: 'Renounce Mahomet your God, and all other idols, and believe in the true God that made heaven and earth and all that is therein. Who acts: you, mouth, true God, that. 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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, mouth, true God, that), 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:pg75339:16:89 # text = But now hear this: my lord the King has sent this message by my mouth: 'Renounce Mahomet your God, and all other idols, and believe in the true God that made heaven and earth and all that is therein. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Renounce renounce VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 therein therein ADV RB _ 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | imperative | you *not said here* | this | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **send** | present · perfect · passive | my mouth | my lord | | | | this message *obj* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination message=Theme | | 3 | **renounce** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Mahomet and all other idols | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mahomet=Source | | 4 | **believe** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | in the true God | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **make** | past | the true God | heaven and earth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heaven=Product | | 6 | **is** | present | that | | | | | therein *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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/90/) - ↑ back to [How Fierabras Defied King Charles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/)