--- title: Then the King sent his physicians and sages to search out his wounds… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King sent his physicians and sages to search out his wounds, who having examined him, when they found that he had not been hurt in any mortal part, affirmed, that he would be whole again in the space of two months. Who acts: King, wounds, bade. 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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 (King, wounds, bade), 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:pg75339:18:60 # text = Then the King sent his physicians and sages to search out his wounds, who having examined him, when they found that he had not been hurt in any mortal part, affirmed, that he would be whole again in the space of two months. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 physicians physician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sages sage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 reparandum _ _ 17 examined examine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 affirmed affirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the King | bade's physicians and sages | | | then | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Theme | | 2 | **search out** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | bade's wounds | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wound=Location | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **examine** | past | bade's wounds | bade | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **find** | past | wounds *= wound* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **hurt** | past · perfect · passive | | bade | | any mortal part | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **affirm** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | would | bade | | | the space of two months | again | whole *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **wound** | | bade | | | | | | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/59/) - next →: [How Oliver and His Comrades…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/19/1/) - ↑ back to [How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/18/)