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title: And when Oliver had again refused, saying that he trusted to prevail… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when Oliver had again refused, saying that he trusted to prevail by the help of his God, Fierabras said to him, "Now as you are a Christian man, I adjure you by the font wherein you were baptized and by the cross to which your God was nailed, to tell me truly your name and lineage." Who acts: Ol
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras, sentence 10

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And when Oliver had again refused, saying that he trusted to prevail by the help of his God, Fierabras said to him, "Now as you are a Christian man, I adjure you by the font wherein you were baptized and by the cross to which your God was nailed, to tell me truly your name and lineage."

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**Who acts:** Oliver, Fierabras, you, I, cross, your · **What happens:** refuse, say, trust, prevail, be, adjure · **To what, where:** Oliver, Christian man, you, God, name, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Oliver, Fierabras, you, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:17:10
# text = And when Oliver had again refused, saying that he trusted to prevail by the help of his God, Fierabras said to him, "Now as you are a Christian man, I adjure you by the font wherein you were baptized and by the cross to which your God was nailed, to tell me truly your name and lineage."
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
3	Oliver	Oliver	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	trusted	trust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	prevail	prevail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
21	Fierabras	Fierabras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
26	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	36	advmod	_	_
28	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
30	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
35	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	adjure	adjure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
37	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	by	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	font	font	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
41	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	44	advmod	_	_
42	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	baptized	baptize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	advcl	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
46	by	by	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	obl	_	_
51	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	aux:pass	_	_
54	nailed	nail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	to	to	PART	TO	_	57	mark	_	_
57	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
58	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	iobj	_	_
59	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
60	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	lineage	lineage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	57	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past · perfect · passive |  | Oliver |  |  | again |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **trust** | past | Oliver |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **prevail** | to-infinitive | Oliver *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the help of Oliver's God | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by help=Location |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fierabras |  | Oliver |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
| 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | a Christian man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **adjure** *in a quote* | present | I | you |  |  | now | by the font | tree rules |
| 8 | **baptize** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | you |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result |
| 9 | **nail** *in a quote* | past · passive | the cross | your God |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to which=Co-Patient |
| 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | your name and lineage | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic |
| 11 | **help** |  |  | Oliver's God |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 12 | **name** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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