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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 (none, Roland, you, Charles), 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:pg75339:21:18 # text = But none spake more fiercely and proudly than Roland, who, after that he had bidden the Admiral render the Holy Things and the knights his prisoners, added, "And see that you give up these same prisoners in good case; otherwise King Charles will have you hanged by the neck as a thief." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spake speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 5 conj _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 after after SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 bidden bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 render render VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Holy Holy PROPN NNP _ 23 compound _ _ 23 Things Thing PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 knights Knight PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod:desc _ _ 48 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 xcomp _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 as as ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | none | | | | | fiercely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bid** | past · perfect | Roland | the Admiral | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **render** | present | | the Holy Things and the knights Roland's prisoners | | | | than Roland; who *nsubj* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle | | the Holy Things and the knights Roland's prisoners *not said here* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **give up** *in a quote* | present | you | this same prisoners | | good case | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Source | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | future | Charles King | you | | | | otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **hange** *in a quote* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | by the neck; as a thief | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/19/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of Floripas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/)