--- title: Said Ralph, "If you will not seek the man, I must needs do it myself… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Said Ralph, "If you will not seek the man, I must needs do it myself; see you then that no harm come to the mare and the coals, and I will look for Wymond, for certainly it was he that bade me come hither." Who acts: you, porter, harm. 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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 (you, porter, harm), 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:pg75339:15:50 # text = Said Ralph, "If you will not seek the man, I must needs do it myself; see you then that no harm come to the mare and the coals, and I will look for Wymond, for certainly it was he that bade me come hither." 1 Said Said PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 vocative _ _ 2 Ralph Ralph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 needs need NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 16 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Wymond Wymond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 47 obl _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 obj _ _ 47 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 hither hither ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **seek** *in a quote* | future | you | the man | | | | Said *vocative* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | must | the porter *= porter* | leisure | | | | myself *obl:unmarked*; needs *nsubj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | you | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | no harm | | | | | to the mare and the coals | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mare=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | future | the porter *= porter* | | | | | for Wymond | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wymond=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | harm | | | | | man *nsubj*; me *obj*; bade *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | harm *not said here* | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/51/) - ↑ back to [How Ralph Went to Court](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/)