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title: So hot was the dispute that Berthelot called Reynaud by an ill name,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: So hot was the dispute that Berthelot called Reynaud by an ill name, and smote him on the face, whereupon Reynaud, lifting the chess board, that was of massy gold, smote Berthelot upon the head so strongly that he fell down dead. Who acts: you, Berthelot, Reynaud, that. A sentence of «Stories of Cha
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 15

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So hot was the dispute that Berthelot called Reynaud by an ill name, and smote him on the face, whereupon Reynaud, lifting the chess board, that was of massy gold, smote Berthelot upon the head so strongly that he fell down dead.

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**Who acts:** you, Berthelot, Reynaud, that, dispute · **What happens:** be, call, smote, lift, fall down · **To what, where:** dispute, Reynaud, face, chess board, Berthelot · **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 It Fared With the Brethren. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Berthelot, Reynaud, 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:pg75339:5:15
# text = So hot was the dispute that Berthelot called Reynaud by an ill name, and smote him on the face, whereupon Reynaud, lifting the chess board, that was of massy gold, smote Berthelot upon the head so strongly that he fell down dead.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	advcl	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Berthelot	Berthelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl	_	_
9	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	smote	smote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
22	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	36	advmod	_	_
23	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	lifting	lift	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	acl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	34	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	massy	massy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	smote	smote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
37	Berthelot	Berthelot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
38	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
41	so	so	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	advcl	_	_
46	down	down	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
47	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | past | Berthelot | the dispute *not said here* | Reynaud |  |  | by a ill name | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent reynaud=Recipient |
| 3 | **smote** | imperative | you *not said here* | dispute |  | the face |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **lift** | gerund | Reynaud *not said here* | the chess board |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent board=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | of massy gold | tree rules |
| 6 | **smote** | infinitive | Reynaud | Berthelot |  |  |  | upon the head; strongly, whereupon *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **fall down** | past | dispute |  |  |  |  | dead, down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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