--- title: So the messengers went back to the King and told him these words, an… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So the messengers went back to the King and told him these words, and he was very glad, and said, "A good tree puts forth good fruit; Duke Sevyn of Bordeaux was a good man, and his sons are good men also. Who acts: messengers, King, good tree, Duke Sevyn. 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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 (messengers, King, good tree, Duke Sevyn), 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:pg75339:38:18 # text = So the messengers went back to the King and told him these words, and he was very glad, and said, "A good tree puts forth good fruit; Duke Sevyn of Bordeaux was a good man, and his sons are good men also. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 forth forth ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Sevyn Sevyn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Bordeaux Bordeaux PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 48 also also ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past | the messengers | | | | | to the King *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the messengers *not said here* | this words | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient word=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | King | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **put** *in a quote* | present | a good tree | good fruit | | | | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fruit=Goal | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Duke Sevyn of Bordeaux | a good man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | King's sons | good men | | | | | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/19/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)