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title: Nevertheless the counsel of those who were for going back prevailed;… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nevertheless the counsel of those who were for going back prevailed; for Geoffrey of the High Tower, than whom there was no man more worshipful in the King's court, was urgent that it should be so. Who acts: man, counsel. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfre
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 116

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Nevertheless the counsel of those who were for going back prevailed; for Geoffrey of the High Tower, than whom there was no man more worshipful in the King's court, was urgent that it should be so.

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**Who acts:** man, counsel · **What happens:** go back, prevail, be · **To what, where:** court

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Richard of Normandy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, counsel), 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:pg75339:24:116
# text = Nevertheless the counsel of those who were for going back prevailed; for Geoffrey of the High Tower, than whom there was no man more worshipful in the King's court, was urgent that it should be so.
1	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	prevailed	prevail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Geoffrey	Geoffrey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl:agent	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Tower	Tower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	than	than	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	advmod	_	_
22	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	23	expl	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
24	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	25	det	_	_
25	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
26	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	27	advmod	_	_
27	worshipful	worshipful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	's	's	PART	POS	_	30	case	_	_
32	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
35	urgent	urgent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
36	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	advcl	_	_
40	so	so	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	35	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **prevail** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | Geoffrey of the High Tower *obl:agent* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | no man |  |  | the King's court |  | Geoffrey of the High Tower *advmod*; worshipful *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | the counsel of those |  |  |  |  | urgent *property* | tree rules |

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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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