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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Treachery of King John, sentence 72

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Of these knights Ogier the Dane was the chief, and was not a little in doubt how he should bear him, for on the one hand he was near of kin to the brethren, and on the other he was bound in duty to perform the command of the King.

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**Who acts:** Ogier, way · **What happens:** be, not be, bear, bind, perform, command · **To what, where:** chief, doubt, way, kin, other, command · **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 (Ogier, way), 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:pg75339:7:72
# text = Of these knights Ogier the Dane was the chief, and was not a little in doubt how he should bear him, for on the one hand he was near of kin to the brethren, and on the other he was bound in duty to perform the command of the King.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
4	Ogier	Ogier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Dane	Dane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
28	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
31	near	near	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	parataxis	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	brethren	brethren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
39	on	on	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	obl	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	advcl	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ogier | the chief |  |  |  | of this knights | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | Ogier *not said here* |  |  | doubt |  | little *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bear** | should | Ogier | way |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | past | way |  |  | kin |  | for the one hand; to the brethren | tree rules |
| 5 | **bind** | past · passive |  | way |  | the other |  | in duty | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in duty=Theme |
| 6 | **perform** | to-infinitive |  | the command of the King |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 7 | **command** |  |  | the King |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: of=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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