Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 102

When the messenger came back with these tidings, how that the King was still hardened but that the Peers had departed from him, Reynaud was greatly moved, and turning to Duke Richard he said, "I pray you, my good cousin, pardon me for the great shame that I have done you."

Who acts: messenger, Peers, King · What happens: come back, harden, depart, move, turn, say · To what, where: King, Reynaud, Duke Richard, you, great shame · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Peace Was Made. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (messenger, Peers, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 came	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 messenger	det
3	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 moved	advcl
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 tidings	case
7	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 tidings	det
8	tidings	tiding	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hardened	punct
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 hardened	advmod
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 hardened	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 hardened	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 hardened	aux:pass
15	still	still	ADV	_	16 hardened	advmod
16	hardened	harden	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 tidings	acl
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 departed	cc
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 departed	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Peers	det
20	Peers	Peer	PROPN	Number=Plur	22 departed	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 departed	aux
22	departed	depart	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 hardened	conj
23	from	from	ADP	_	24 him	case
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 departed	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct
26	Reynaud	Reynaud	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 moved	nsubj
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 moved	aux:pass
28	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	29 moved	advmod
29	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 said	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 said	cc
32	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 said	csubj
33	to	to	ADP	_	35 Richard	case
34	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 Richard	compound
35	Richard	Richard	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 turning	obl
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 said	nsubj
37	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 moved	conj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 pray	punct
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	41 pray	punct
40	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 pray	nsubj
41	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 said	ccomp
42	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	41 pray	obj
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 cousin	punct
44	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 cousin	nmod:poss
45	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 cousin	amod
46	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 you	appos
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 pardon	punct
48	pardon	pardon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	41 pray	conj
49	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 pardon	obj
50	for	for	ADP	_	53 shame	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 shame	det
52	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 shame	amod
53	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 pardon	obl
54	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 done	obj
55	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	57 done	nsubj
56	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 done	aux
57	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 shame	acl:relcl
58	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	57 done	iobj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 moved	punct
60	"	"	PUNCT	_	29 moved	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	come back	past	the messenger				with this tidings	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	harden	past · passive		the King		still		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
3	depart	past · perfect	the Peers				from King	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location
4	move	past · passive		Reynaud			greatly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: subject=Result
5	turn	gerund			Duke Richard			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to richard=Result
6	say speech: assert	past	King					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	pray in a quote	present	King	you				tree rules
8	pardon in a quote	infinitive	King not said here	King			for the great shame	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Theme for shame=Attribute
9	do in a quote	present · perfect	King	the great shame	you			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.

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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 102