--- title: Let them say on our behalf to King Charles that we beg him to have m… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Let them say on our behalf to King Charles that we beg him to have mercy upon us, that the Duke Benes shall make such amends for the slaying of Prince Lothair as may be agreed by the lords of the two countries, and that hereafter we will be his true liegemen." Who acts: you, knights, we, that. 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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 (you, knights, we, that), 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:pg75339:4:61 # text = Let them say on our behalf to King Charles that we beg him to have mercy upon us, that the Duke Benes shall make such amends for the slaying of Prince Lothair as may be agreed by the lords of the two countries, and that hereafter we will be his true liegemen." 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:desc _ _ 9 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Benes Bene PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 slaying slaying NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 Lothair Lothair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 47 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 hereafter hereafter NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 liegemen liegeman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | knights *= knight* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | knights *= knight* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | we | that | Charles | our behalf to Charles King | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | mercy | | | | upon us | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Patient | | 5 | **make** | shall | the Duke Benes | such amends | | | | for the slaying of Prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for slaying=Asset | | 6 | **agree** *speech: agree* | may · passive | the lords of the two countries | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | future | that hereafter | lord's true liegemen | | | | we *nsubj*; lord *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 8 | **slay** | | | Prince | | | | | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/4/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/4/62/) - ↑ back to [How the Duke Benes Came By His End](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/4/)