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title: I know who you are, and why you are come hither"--and he told him al… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: I know who you are, and why you are come hither"--and he told him all that had befallen him, the slaying of Charlot and the anger of the King--"and be sure that you cannot accomplish the thing for which you are come, save by my help." " Who acts: I, you, Oberon, that. A sentence of «Stories of Charl
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 43

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I know who you are, and why you are come hither"--and he told him all that had befallen him, the slaying of Charlot and the anger of the King--"and be sure that you cannot accomplish the thing for which you are come, save by my help." "

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**Who acts:** I, you, Oberon, that, King, my · **What happens:** know, be, come, tell, befall, not accomplish · **To what, where:** God, Oberon, thing, you, Charlot · **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 Huon Met With King Oberon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, Oberon, that), 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:pg75339:39:43
# text = I know who you are, and why you are come hither"--and he told him all that had befallen him, the slaying of Charlot and the anger of the King--"and be sure that you cannot accomplish the thing for which you are come, save by my help." "
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	ccomp	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	hither	hither	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	22	det:predet	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	befallen	befall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	ccomp	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	slaying	slaying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Charlot	Charlot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	cop	_	_
39	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	conj	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
41	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
42	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	44	advmod	_	_
44	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	ccomp	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	obl	_	_
49	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
53	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
54	by	by	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
59	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | present | you |  |  |  |  | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Oberon |  | God |  |  | the slaying of Charlot and the anger of the King *parataxis* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **befall** *in a quote* | past · perfect | that | Oberon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | infinitive | Oberon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **not** **accomplish** | can | you | the thing |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 8 | **come** | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  | for the thing | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 9 | **save** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by my help | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **slay** *in a quote* |  |  | Charlot |  |  |  |  | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **anger** *in a quote* |  | the King |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
| 12 | **help** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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