--- title: Know," he cried, "that before you fifteen messengers have come to me… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Know," he cried, "that before you fifteen messengers have come to me making this same demand, and these fifteen have been hanged by the neck in the very same place; and you shall be the sixteenth." Who acts: you, anger, that, me. 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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, anger, that, me), 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:pg75339:41:92 # text = Know," he cried, "that before you fifteen messengers have come to me making this same demand, and these fifteen have been hanged by the neck in the very same place; and you shall be the sixteenth." 1 Know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 15 to to SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 sixteenth sixteenth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | anger | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | present · perfect | that | | | | | you *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | gerund | me | this same demand | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demand=Product | | 5 | **hange** | present · perfect · passive | the neck | this fifteen | | the same place | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | shall | you | the sixteenth | | | | | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/93/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)