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title: What would have been the end no man can say, for Ogier on his part w… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would have been the end no man can say, for Ogier on his part was not backward, but now the horse Bayard, knowing that his master was near, carried away Mawgis in his own despite, and came and knelt before Reynaud. Who acts: end, master. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peer
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 113

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What would have been the end no man can say, for Ogier on his part was not backward, but now the horse Bayard, knowing that his master was near, carried away Mawgis in his own despite, and came and knelt before Reynaud.

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**Who acts:** end, master · **What happens:** be, say, not be, know, carry away, come · **To what, where:** Ogier, part, carried Mawgis, own, Reynaud · **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, Of the Treachery of King John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (end, master), 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:pg75339:7:113
# text = What would have been the end no man can say, for Ogier on his part was not backward, but now the horse Bayard, knowing that his master was near, carried away Mawgis in his own despite, and came and knelt before Reynaud.
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	backward	backward	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
21	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
22	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	27	advmod	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
25	Bayard	Bayard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
32	near	near	ADV	RB	_	27	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	amod	_	_
35	away	away	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
36	Mawgis	Mawgis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	obl	_	_
40	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
46	before	before	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | would · perfect | the end *not said here* |  |  |  |  | What *obj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | the end | Ogier |  |  |  | no man *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ogier=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **is** | past |  |  |  | Ogier's part |  | backward *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | gerund | the end *not said here* | carried Mawgis |  | Ogier's own | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer mawgis=Stimulus |
| 5 | **is** | past | Ogier's master |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **carry away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **kneel** | past |  |  |  | Reynaud |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before reynaud=Location |

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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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