--- title: The King when he heard these words was full of pity, and sent for Ro… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The King when he heard these words was full of pity, and sent for Roland, and said to him, "Fair nephew, you must go on the morrow to Aygremore, and get speech of Balan, and say to him, and that full plainly, that he must straightway deliver up the holy things that he has, and also set free those my --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/) / [Of the Bridge of Mantryble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/) / 4 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 4 The King when he heard these words was full of pity, and sent for Roland, and said to him, "Fair nephew, you must go on the morrow to Aygremore, and get speech of Balan, and say to him, and that full plainly, that he must straightway deliver up the holy things that he has, and also set free those my knights that he has in keeping. **Who acts:** King, words, holy things · **What happens:** hear, be, send, say, go, get · **To what, where:** Fair nephew, King, Aygremore, morrow, speech, holy things · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Bridge of Mantryble. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, words, holy things), 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:pg75339:20:4 # text = The King when he heard these words was full of pity, and sent for Roland, and said to him, "Fair nephew, you must go on the morrow to Aygremore, and get speech of Balan, and say to him, and that full plainly, that he must straightway deliver up the holy things that he has, and also set free those my knights that he has in keeping. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Aygremore Aygremore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 38 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Balan Balan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 advcl _ _ 50 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 56 deliver deliver VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 57 up up ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 61 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 also also ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 67 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ _ 69 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 71 det _ _ 70 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 72 that that SCONJ IN _ 74 mark _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ _ 75 in in SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 76 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 74 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the King | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | this words | | | | | of pity; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | participle | the King *not said here* | | | | | for Roland | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King *not said here* | Fair nephew | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | must | King | | Aygremore | the morrow | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to aygremore=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | speech of Balan | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speech=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | King *not said here* | | King | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 8 | **straightway** *in a quote* | must | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **deliver up** *in a quote* | present | | the holy things | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the holy things | | | | | King *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **have** *in a quote* | present | King | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **keep** *in a quote* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **speak** *in a quote* | | | Balan | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: of=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/5/) - ↑ back to [Of the Bridge of Mantryble](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/20/)