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title: Reynaud and his men suffered much that day, for first the Duke Aymon… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Reynaud and his men suffered much that day, for first the Duke Aymon wrought great damage to his sons' army, and then the Duke Fulk slew many, and the defenders of the castle had much ado to hold their own. Who acts: Reynaud, Duke Fulk, defenders, much ado. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and 
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How It Fared With the Brethren, sentence 56

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Reynaud and his men suffered much that day, for first the Duke Aymon wrought great damage to his sons' army, and then the Duke Fulk slew many, and the defenders of the castle had much ado to hold their own.

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**Who acts:** Reynaud, Duke Fulk, defenders, much ado · **What happens:** suffer, slay, have, hold · **To what, where:** many, much ado, own

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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 (Reynaud, Duke Fulk, defenders, much ado), 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:pg75339:5:56
# text = Reynaud and his men suffered much that day, for first the Duke Aymon wrought great damage to his sons' army, and then the Duke Fulk slew many, and the defenders of the castle had much ado to hold their own.
1	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	suffered	suffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
13	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Aymon	Aymon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	wrought	wrought	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
25	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	Fulk	Fulk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
30	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	defenders	defender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nsubj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
39	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	ado	ado	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
43	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | past | Reynaud and Reynaud's men |  |  |  | day | for the wrought great damage  Duke Aymon to Reynaud's sons's army | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **slay** | past | the Duke Fulk | many |  |  | then |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | past | the defenders of the castle | much ado |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hold** | to-infinitive | much ado *not said here* | men's own |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=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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