--- title: When he had so done, he took a herb that he had, and rubbed the King… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: When he had so done, he took a herb that he had, and rubbed the King's nose and lips with it, and said, "Wake, Sir King, I said that I should not go without taking leave. Who acts: King, I. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75339:9:51 # text = When he had so done, he took a herb that he had, and rubbed the King's nose and lips with it, and said, "Wake, Sir King, I said that I should not go without taking leave. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Wake wake NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 42 without without SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 44 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | King | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | King | a herb | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | King | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **rub** | past | King *not said here* | the King's nose and lips | | | | with herb | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Destination with it=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | Wake | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wake=Topic | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | should | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | leave | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/52/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)