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title: As for the Frenchmen, he vowed that he would drag them at the tails… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: As for the Frenchmen, he vowed that he would drag them at the tails of his horses, making sure that they could not hold out, because they had nothing to eat, nor could their King send them any help, "for," said he, "all help must needs come over the bridge Mantryble, and that bridge we hold." Who ac
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of the French Knights, sentence 66

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As for the Frenchmen, he vowed that he would drag them at the tails of his horses, making sure that they could not hold out, because they had nothing to eat, nor could their King send them any help, "for," said he, "all help must needs come over the bridge Mantryble, and that bridge we hold."

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**Who acts:** Admiral, Frenchmen, King, needs, bridge · **What happens:** vow, drag, make, not hold out, have, eat · **To what, where:** Frenchmen, tails, nothing, help, bridge · **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, Of the Doings of the French Knights. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Admiral, Frenchmen, King, needs), 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:pg75339:22:66
# text = As for the Frenchmen, he vowed that he would drag them at the tails of his horses, making sure that they could not hold out, because they had nothing to eat, nor could their King send them any help, "for," said he, "all help must needs come over the bridge Mantryble, and that bridge we hold."
1	As	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	vowed	vow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	conj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	drag	drag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
21	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
24	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
27	out	out	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
32	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	31	obj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	40	cc	_	_
37	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
38	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
40	send	send	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
41	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	43	det	_	_
43	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
45	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	40	punct	_	_
49	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
52	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	54	det	_	_
54	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
55	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	needs	need	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nsubj	_	_
57	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	_
58	over	over	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
61	Mantryble	Mantryble	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
64	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	65	det	_	_
65	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nsubj	_	_
66	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
67	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	49	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vow** | past | Admiral |  |  |  |  | as the Frenchmen | tree rules |
| 2 | **drag** | would | Admiral | Frenchmen *= frenchman* |  | the tails of Admiral's horses |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | gerund | Admiral *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **not** **hold out** | could | Frenchmen *= frenchman* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **have** | past | Frenchmen *= frenchman* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Frenchmen *= frenchman* *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **send** | could | Frenchmen's King | Frenchmen *= frenchman* |  |  |  | any help *obj* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination help=Theme |
| 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  | Admiral *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **come** *in a quote* | must | needs | all help *not said here* |  | the bridge |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location help=Theme |
| 10 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | that bridge |  |  |  |  | we *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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