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title: The Emir had well-nigh died of grief to hear such evil news; but he… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Emir had well-nigh died of grief to hear such evil news; but he called to him one of his wisest counsellors. " Who acts: Emir. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, with its dependency tree and the pragmatic
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 169

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The Emir had well-nigh died of grief to hear such evil news; but he called to him one of his wisest counsellors. "

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**Who acts:** Emir · **What happens:** have, die, hear, call · **To what, where:** such evil news, King · **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, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emir), 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:pg75339:36:169
# text = The Emir had well-nigh died of grief to hear such evil news; but he called to him one of his wisest counsellors. "
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Emir	Emir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	nigh	nigh	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	xcomp	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	wisest	wise	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Emir |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | past | the Emir *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of grief; nigh, well *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of grief=Causer |
| 3 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the Emir *not said here* | such evil news |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus |
| 4 | **call** | past | Emir |  | King |  |  | one of King's wisest counsellors *xcomp* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

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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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