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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, More Deeds of Mawgis, sentence 68

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Richard went to the gate and saluted them courteously, and brought them into the castle, where they were honourably received by Reynaud and the Lady Clare, Alard also and Guichard helping.

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**Who acts:** Richard, Reynaud, Guichard · **What happens:** go, salute, bring, receive, help · **To what, where:** gate, Barons, castle

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, More Deeds 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 (Richard, Reynaud, Guichard), 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:pg75339:9:68
# text = Richard went to the gate and saluted them courteously, and brought them into the castle, where they were honourably received by Reynaud and the Lady Clare, Alard also and Guichard helping.
1	Richard	Richard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	saluted	salute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	courteously	courteously	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	22	advmod	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
21	honourably	honourably	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	parataxis	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
28	Clare	Clare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	Alard	Alard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
31	also	also	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	Guichard	Guichard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
34	helping	help	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Richard |  |  | the gate |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **salute** | past | Richard *not said here* | Barons *= baron* |  |  |  | courteously *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
| 3 | **bring** | past | Richard *not said here* | Barons *= baron* |  | the castle |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into castle=Destination |
| 4 | **receive** | past · passive | Reynaud and the Lady and Alard | Barons *= baron* |  |  |  | Guichard *obl*; honourably *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 5 | **help** | gerund | Guichard *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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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