--- title: So be it," answered the King; "but at least if you will not take pay… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So be it," answered the King; "but at least if you will not take pay, come to the Court with a load of fuel as soon as may be; I warrant that if you will do so, you will make good profit of your goods." " Who acts: you, I, goods. 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" **Who acts:** you, I, goods · **What happens:** be, answer, not take, come, warrant, do · **To what, where:** pay, King, least, good profit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Ralph Entertained the King. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, I, goods), 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:pg75339:14:74 # text = So be it," answered the King; "but at least if you will not take pay, come to the Court with a load of fuel as soon as may be; I warrant that if you will do so, you will make good profit of your goods." " 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 obl _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 19 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 warrant warrant VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 48 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 profit profit NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | infinitive | | pay | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | the King | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | pay | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pay=Theme | | 4 | **come** | infinitive | | | | least | | to the Court; with a load of fuel; soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **warrant** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | future | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **make** | future | you | good profit of your goods | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent profit=Product | | 8 | **profit** | | your goods | | | | | | nom profit «possession intransitive»: of=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/75/) - ↑ back to [How Ralph Entertained the King](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/14/)