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title: When they had crossed over the river the Frenchmen blamed Ogier the… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When they had crossed over the river the Frenchmen blamed Ogier the Dane, for that he had favoured the brethren, while Ogier, on his part, was greatly troubled, knowing that they spake truly, and yet that the brethren held him in no regard for all that he had done. Who acts: comers, Frenchmen, Ogier
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 116

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When they had crossed over the river the Frenchmen blamed Ogier the Dane, for that he had favoured the brethren, while Ogier, on his part, was greatly troubled, knowing that they spake truly, and yet that the brethren held him in no regard for all that he had done.

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**Who acts:** comers, Frenchmen, Ogier, brethren · **What happens:** cross, blame, favour, be, know, speak · **To what, where:** river, Ogier, brethren, regard · **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 (comers, Frenchmen, Ogier, brethren), 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:pg75339:7:116
# text = When they had crossed over the river the Frenchmen blamed Ogier the Dane, for that he had favoured the brethren, while Ogier, on his part, was greatly troubled, knowing that they spake truly, and yet that the brethren held him in no regard for all that he had done.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	blamed	blame	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	favoured	favour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
31	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	troubled	troubled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	advcl	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	spake	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	ccomp	_	_
38	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
41	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	49	det	_	_
49	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	55	det:predet	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
53	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
54	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
55	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	49	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past · perfect | comers *= comer* |  |  | the river |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over river=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **blame** | past | the Frenchmen | Ogier |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ogier=Theme |
| 3 | **favour** | past · perfect | Ogier | the brethren |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | Ogier |  |  |  |  | greatly, troubled *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **know** | gerund | Ogier *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | comers *= comer* |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **hold** | past | the brethren | Ogier |  | no regard | yet |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in regard=Location |
| 8 | **do** | past · perfect | Ogier | no regard *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Eventuality |

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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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