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title: But when the Lady Clare swore by all the Saints that she had no know… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: But when the Lady Clare swore by all the Saints that she had no knowledge of her brother's wickedness and fell in a swoon at his feet, and his brothers also made intercession for her, his heart was softened, and he consented to receive her again. Who acts: Lady Clare, Clare, brothers, Reynaud. A sen
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Craft of Mawgis, sentence 19

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But when the Lady Clare swore by all the Saints that she had no knowledge of her brother's wickedness and fell in a swoon at his feet, and his brothers also made intercession for her, his heart was softened, and he consented to receive her again.

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**Who acts:** Lady Clare, Clare, brothers, Reynaud · **What happens:** swear, have, fall, make, soften, consent · **To what, where:** knowledge, swoon, intercession, heart, Clare

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Craft of Mawgis. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lady Clare, Clare, brothers, Reynaud), 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:pg75339:8:19
# text = But when the Lady Clare swore by all the Saints that she had no knowledge of her brother's wickedness and fell in a swoon at his feet, and his brothers also made intercession for her, his heart was softened, and he consented to receive her again.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Clare	Clare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Saints	Saint	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	swoon	swoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	at	at	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	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
33	also	also	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
35	intercession	intercession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	softened	soften	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	consented	consent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	xcomp	_	_
49	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	again	again	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | the Lady Clare |  |  |  |  | by all Saints | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | Clare | no knowledge of Clare's brother's wickedness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Patient |
| 3 | **fall** | past | Clare *not said here* |  |  | a swoon |  | at Reynaud's feet | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in swoon=Location |
| 4 | **make** | past | Reynaud's brothers | intercession |  |  |  | for Clare | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent intercession=Product for she=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **soften** | past · passive |  | Reynaud's heart |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 6 | **consent** | past | Reynaud |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 7 | **receive** | to-infinitive | Reynaud *not said here* | Clare |  |  | again |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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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