--- title: Be sure that the Frenchmen, when they shall see that their comrade i… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Be sure that the Frenchmen, when they shall see that their comrade is about to be hanged will come forth to succour him, and when they be come, then shall your Turks that are in ambush fall on them and take them." Who acts: you, Frenchmen, comrade, Turks. 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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, Frenchmen, comrade, Turks), 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:pg75339:23:36 # text = Be sure that the Frenchmen, when they shall see that their comrade is about to be hanged will come forth to succour him, and when they be come, then shall your Turks that are in ambush fall on them and take them." 1 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ _ 2 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Frenchmen Frenchman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 comrade comrade NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 21 forth forth ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 succour succour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 Turks turk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 ambush ambush NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | shall | Frenchmen *= frenchman* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | present | Frenchmen's comrade | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hange** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | future | | | | | | forth *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **succour** | to-infinitive | | prisoner | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | infinitive · passive | | Frenchmen *= frenchman* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | your Turks | | | ambush | | | tree rules | | 9 | **fall** | present | the Frenchmen | | | | | on Turks *= turk* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on they=Location | | 10 | **take** | infinitive | the Frenchmen *not said here* | Turks *= turk* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/37/) - ↑ back to [Of Guy of Burgundy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/)