--- title: But mark you this: I swear by my faith that if he be slain or taken… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But mark you this: I swear by my faith that if he be slain or taken in this battle, then not all the gold in the world can save you from a shameful death; aye, and all your house shall perish with you." Who acts: you, I, Ganelon, gold. 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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, I, Ganelon, gold), 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:pg75339:16:67 # text = But mark you this: I swear by my faith that if he be slain or taken in this battle, then not all the gold in the world can save you from a shameful death; aye, and all your house shall perish with you." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 mark mark VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 shameful shameful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 38 aye aye NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | imperative | you *not said here* | you | | | | this *obj* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme this=Attribute | | 2 | **swear** | present | I | | | | | by my faith; aye *conj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | Ganelon | | | | | slain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | participle | Ganelon *not said here* | | | this battle | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in battle=Location | | 5 | **save** | can | all gold in the world | you | | a shameful death | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent you=Theme from death=Source | | 6 | **perish** | shall | your house | | | | | with you | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/68/) - ↑ back to [How Fierabras Defied King Charles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/16/)