--- title: First of all went Roland, and slew King Corsablis; next came Oliver,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: First of all went Roland, and slew King Corsablis; next came Oliver, and he also smote a king, Coldro by name; great was the slaughter, for the Saracens were taken as they sat at meat. Who acts: Oliver, Saracens. 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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 (Oliver, Saracens), 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:pg75339:22:47 # text = First of all went Roland, and slew King Corsablis; next came Oliver, and he also smote a king, Coldro by name; great was the slaughter, for the Saracens were taken as they sat at meat. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 Corsablis Corsablis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 next next ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Coldro Coldro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Saracens saracen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | Roland | | | | first *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location roland=Theme | | 2 | **slay** | past | | King | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | | 3 | **come** | past | Oliver | | | | | next *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **smite** | past | Oliver | a king | | | | by name | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | | the great slaughter | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | past · passive | | the Saracens | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **sit** | past | Saracens *= saracen* | | | meat | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at meat=Location | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/48/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of the French Knights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/22/)