--- title: So he dubbed Ralph the Charcoal-burner a knight, and gave him a reve… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So he dubbed Ralph the Charcoal-burner a knight, and gave him a revenue of £300 by the year, and "the next fee in France that shall come into my hands, that," said he, "will I give you. Who acts: Rather, next fee. 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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 (Rather, next fee), 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:pg75339:15:83 # text = So he dubbed Ralph the Charcoal-burner a knight, and gave him a revenue of £300 by the year, and "the next fee in France that shall come into my hands, that," said he, "will I give you. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dubbed dub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Ralph Ralph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Charcoal charcoal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 burner burner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 revenue revenue NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 £ £ SYM $ _ 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 300 300 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 fee fee NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dub** | past | Rather | Ralph | | | | the Charcoal burner *obj*; a knight *obj* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | Rather *not said here* | a revenue | Rather | | year | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient revenue=Theme | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | shall | the next fee in France | | | my hands | | that *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hand=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *in a quote* | future | Rather | | you | | | I *nsubj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/84/) - ↑ back to [How Ralph Went to Court](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/15/)