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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 (Charles, Brethren, you, your), 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:pg75339:3:7 # text = King Charles stood up, and said, "Brethren and friends, you know that by your help I have conquered many lands, and brought many pagans to confess the Christian faith. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Brethren Brethren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 conquered conquer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 pagans pagan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 confess confess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand up** | past | Charles King | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Brethren and friends | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **conquer** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Brethren and friends *= brethren* | many lands | | | | by your help | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | | 5 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | Charles King *not said here* | many pagans | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent pagan=Theme | | 6 | **confess** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Charles King *not said here* | the Christian faith | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Topic | | 7 | **help** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom help «act 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/8/) - ↑ back to [The Slaying of Lothair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/)