--- title: He made his way into the inner part of the tent where the King lay,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: He made his way into the inner part of the tent where the King lay, and said to him, "Sir King, you have troubled us over long, slaying my father and doing us all manner of mischief. Who acts: Mawgis, King. 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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 (Mawgis, King), 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:pg75339:9:7 # text = He made his way into the inner part of the tent where the King lay, and said to him, "Sir King, you have troubled us over long, slaying my father and doing us all manner of mischief. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 30 over over ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 slaying slay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Mawgis | Mawgis's way | | the inner part of the tent | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent way=Material into part=Product | | 2 | **lie** | past | the King | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | Mawgis | | | Sir King *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Mawgis | | | | | troubled *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **slay** *in a quote* | gerund | Mawgis *not said here* | my father | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | Mawgis *not said here* | us | | | | all manner of mischief *obj* | tree rules | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/8/) - ↑ back to [More Deeds of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/9/)