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title: The next morning he said to his lords, Ogier the Dane, and the Duke… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: The next morning he said to his lords, Ogier the Dane, and the Duke Naymes and Turpin the Archbishop, "I am in fear for my son Lothair; he tarries long on this journey. Who acts: King. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Slaying of Lothair
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Slaying of Lothair, sentence 91

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The next morning he said to his lords, Ogier the Dane, and the Duke Naymes and Turpin the Archbishop, "I am in fear for my son Lothair; he tarries long on this journey.

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**Who acts:** King · **What happens:** say, be, tarry · **To what, where:** lords, fear, journey · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Slaying of Lothair. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King), 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:pg75339:3:91
# text = The next morning he said to his lords, Ogier the Dane, and the Duke Naymes and Turpin the Archbishop, "I am in fear for my son Lothair; he tarries long on this journey.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	Naymes	Naymes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	Turpin	Turpin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Archbishop	Archbishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
25	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
30	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
31	Lothair	lothair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	tarries	tarry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
35	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	34	advmod	_	_
36	on	on	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
38	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King |  | King's lords |  | morning | the Duke Naymes and Turpin *parataxis* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | King |  |  | fear |  | for my son Lothair | tree rules |
| 3 | **tarry** *in a quote* | present | King |  |  | this journey |  | long *property* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on journey=Location |

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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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