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title: We do not know that Tilpin was a warrior, but his predecessor, Milo… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: We do not know that Tilpin was a warrior, but his predecessor, Milo by name, is said to have been a "warrior clerk," and as such to have been put into the archbishopric by Charles Martel. Who acts: We, Tilpin. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Churc
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 24

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We do not know that Tilpin was a warrior, but his predecessor, Milo by name, is said to have been a "warrior clerk," and as such to have been put into the archbishopric by Charles Martel.

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**Who acts:** We, Tilpin · **What happens:** not know, be, say, put · **To what, where:** warrior, predecessor, warrior clerk, archbishopric · **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 (We, Tilpin), 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:pg75339:7:24
# text = We do not know that Tilpin was a warrior, but his predecessor, Milo by name, is said to have been a "warrior clerk," and as such to have been put into the archbishopric by Charles Martel.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	Tilpin	Tilpin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	predecessor	predecessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Milo	Milo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	cop	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
25	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	as	as	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	27	conj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
34	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	aux	_	_
35	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	aux:pass	_	_
36	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	advcl	_	_
37	into	into	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	archbishopric	archbishopric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Charles	Charles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
42	Martel	Martel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | We |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Tilpin | a warrior |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | Tilpin's predecessor |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · perfect |  | a warrior clerk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **put** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive |  |  |  | the archbishopric by Charles |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP» |

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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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