--- title: The next day the King said to his Barons: "Go now to Reynaud, and te… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the King said to his Barons: "Go now to Reynaud, and tell him that if he will give back to me my golden Eagle and my crown, and my sword Joyous, then I will grant him a truce for two years. Who acts: King, my. 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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, my), 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:pg75339:9:63 # text = The next day the King said to his Barons: "Go now to Reynaud, and tell him that if he will give back to me my golden Eagle and my crown, and my sword Joyous, then I will grant him a truce for two years. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 Barons baron NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Reynaud Reynaud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 iobj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 Joyous joyous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 truce truce NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | King's Barons | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to baron=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | Reynaud | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to reynaud=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **give back** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | King | | my golden Eagle and my crown | | | me *obl* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent eagle=Theme to i=Recipient | | 5 | **grant** *in a quote* | future | the King *= king* | a truce | sword | | then; year | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal truce=Theme | | 6 | **crown** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/64/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)