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title: When he was come to the castle his sister came forth to greet him, b… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: When he was come to the castle his sister came forth to greet him, but when she would have kissed him, as her custom was, he turned his face aside, saying, "Pardon me, my sister, I have an ill tooth that troubles me sore." Who acts: sister, custom, ill tooth. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne an
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 55

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When he was come to the castle his sister came forth to greet him, but when she would have kissed him, as her custom was, he turned his face aside, saying, "Pardon me, my sister, I have an ill tooth that troubles me sore."

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**Who acts:** sister, custom, ill tooth · **What happens:** come, greet, kiss, be, say, pardon · **To what, where:** King, castle, custom, ill tooth · **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 (sister, custom, ill tooth), 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:pg75339:7:55
# text = When he was come to the castle his sister came forth to greet him, but when she would have kissed him, as her custom was, he turned his face aside, saying, "Pardon me, my sister, I have an ill tooth that troubles me sore."
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	greet	greet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
19	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux	_	_
21	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
24	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
25	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	Pardon	pardon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	ccomp	_	_
39	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
46	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
49	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
50	troubles	trouble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	acl:relcl	_	_
51	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · passive |  | King |  |  |  | to the castle | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | King's sister | the castle *not said here* |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location castle=Theme |
| 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | King's sister *not said here* |  | King |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **kiss** | would · perfect | sister | King |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 5 | **is** | past | sister's custom |  |  |  |  | King *nsubj*; King's face *obj*; aside, turn *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | sister's custom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **pardon** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | sister's custom *= custom* |  |  |  | my sister *obl* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | sister's custom *= custom* | a ill tooth |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient |
| 9 | **trouble** *in a quote* | present | a ill tooth | sister's custom *= custom* |  |  |  | sore *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |

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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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