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title: When they were now near to Paris, Mawgis, being a great magician, to… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When they were now near to Paris, Mawgis, being a great magician, took a certain herb that he knew, and when he had pounded it with the pommel of his sword, and tempered it with water, he rubbed Bayard therewith, so that he became all white. Who acts: Reynaud, Mawgis. A sentence of «Stories of Charl
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Coming of Roland, sentence 34

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When they were now near to Paris, Mawgis, being a great magician, took a certain herb that he knew, and when he had pounded it with the pommel of his sword, and tempered it with water, he rubbed Bayard therewith, so that he became all white.

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**Who acts:** Reynaud, Mawgis · **What happens:** be, take, know, pound, temper, rub · **To what, where:** great magician, certain herb, Paris, herb, Bayard

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Coming of Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Reynaud, Mawgis), 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:pg75339:6:34
# text = When they were now near to Paris, Mawgis, being a great magician, took a certain herb that he knew, and when he had pounded it with the pommel of his sword, and tempered it with water, he rubbed Bayard therewith, so that he became all white.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	near	near	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Mawgis	Mawgis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
16	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
25	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	28	advmod	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	pounded	pound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	pommel	pommel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	tempered	temper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
39	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
45	Bayard	Bayard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
46	therewith	therewith	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	51	mark	_	_
49	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	48	fixed	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
52	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	51	xcomp	_	_
53	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	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 | Reynaud |  |  |  | now | near *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | a great magician |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | past | Mawgis | a certain herb | Paris |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herb=Theme to paris=Destination |
| 4 | **know** | past | Mawgis |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **pound** | past · perfect | Mawgis | herb |  |  |  | with the pommel of Mawgis's sword | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with pommel=Instrument |
| 6 | **temper** | past | Mawgis *not said here* | herb |  |  |  | with water | tree rules |
| 7 | **rub** | past | Mawgis |  | Bayard |  |  | therewith *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent bayard=Destination |
| 8 | **become** | past | Mawgis |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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