--- title: He called Roland to him, for, indeed, there was no man whom he trust… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: He called Roland to him, for, indeed, there was no man whom he trusted more, and said to him, "To-morrow morning take your horse and your harness, and watch well the road by which we went on the day that I was lost, and if you see anyone coming this way, whatever his errand may be, bring him with yo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/) / [How Ralph Went to Court](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/) / 8 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Went to Court, sentence 8 He called Roland to him, for, indeed, there was no man whom he trusted more, and said to him, "To-morrow morning take your horse and your harness, and watch well the road by which we went on the day that I was lost, and if you see anyone coming this way, whatever his errand may be, bring him with you to this place, and take care that he sees no one before he sees me." **Who acts:** Charles, we, Roland · **What happens:** call, be, trust, say, take, watch · **To what, where:** Roland, man, Charles, horse, road, day · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Ralph Went to Court. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Charles, we, Roland), 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:pg75339:15:8 # text = He called Roland to him, for, indeed, there was no man whom he trusted more, and said to him, "To-morrow morning take your horse and your harness, and watch well the road by which we went on the day that I was lost, and if you see anyone coming this way, whatever his errand may be, bring him with you to this place, and take care that he sees no one before he sees me." 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 To to ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 harness harness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 44 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 58 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 57 obj _ _ 59 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 58 acl _ _ 60 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 det _ _ 61 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 63 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 acl:relcl _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 69 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 70 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 obl _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 75 det _ _ 75 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 78 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 79 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ _ 80 that that SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 81 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 82 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 advcl _ _ 83 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 84 det _ _ 84 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obj _ _ 85 before before SCONJ IN _ 87 mark _ _ 86 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 87 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 advcl _ _ 88 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 87 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 " " PUNCT '' _ 78 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Charles | Roland | Roland | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | Charles *not said here* | no man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **trust** | past | Charles | no man | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Charles *not said here* | | Charles | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | your horse | | morning | your harness *conj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination | | 6 | **watch** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the road | | | | well *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | | 7 | **go** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | day | by the road | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by which=Location | | 8 | **lose** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the day | | | | I *nsubj* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 9 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Roland | anyone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | | this way | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | | whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | Roland *not said here* | Charles | | this place | | with Roland | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to place=Destination | | 13 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | care | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 14 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Charles | no one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 15 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Charles | Charles | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/9/) - ↑ back to [How Ralph Went to Court](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/)