--- title: Kindle a great fire," said Ralph, "and take two capons of the best,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Kindle a great fire," said Ralph, "and take two capons of the best, that we may have good cheer," and he took the King by the hand, and would have him go before him into the house. Who acts: Kindle, we, 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 (Kindle, we, 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:pg75339:14:28 # text = Kindle a great fire," said Ralph, "and take two capons of the best, that we may have good cheer," and he took the King by the hand, and would have him go before him into the house. 1 Kindle Kindle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Ralph Ralph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 capons capon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 cheer cheer NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Kindle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | | two capons of the best | | | | Ralph *vocative* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capon=Theme | | 3 | **have** | may | we | good cheer | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheer=Patient | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | past | Kindle | | the King | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument king=Destination | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | would | Kindle *not said here* | King | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | King *not said here* | | | the house | before Ralph | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/29/) - ↑ back to [How Ralph Entertained the King](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/)