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title: Gerard answered, "We are sons of Sevyn that was Duke of Bordeaux, on… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gerard answered, "We are sons of Sevyn that was Duke of Bordeaux, on whom God have mercy." " Who acts: Gerard, We, that, God. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, with its dependency tree and the pragmat
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 32

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Gerard answered, "We are sons of Sevyn that was Duke of Bordeaux, on whom God have mercy." "

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**Who acts:** Gerard, We, that, God · **What happens:** answer, be, have · **To what, where:** sons, Duke, mercy · **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 King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gerard, We, that, God), 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:pg75339:38:32
# text = Gerard answered, "We are sons of Sevyn that was Duke of Bordeaux, on whom God have mercy." "
1	Gerard	Gerard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Sevyn	Sevyn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Bordeaux	Bordeaux	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	obj	_	_
18	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
20	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Gerard |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | We | sons |  |  |  | of Sevyn | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that | Duke |  |  |  | of Bordeaux | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | God | mercy |  |  |  | whom *obj* | 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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