--- title: And she came to Roland and kneeled before him, and kissed his feet,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: And she came to Roland and kneeled before him, and kissed his feet, and cried to him, "O, Sir, help this Guy whom I love, or else I am a lost woman. Who acts: Guy, I. 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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 (Guy, I), 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:pg75339:23:48 # text = And she came to Roland and kneeled before him, and kissed his feet, and cried to him, "O, Sir, help this Guy whom I love, or else I am a lost woman. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 kneeled kneele VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 O o INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 Guy guy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 else else ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Guy | | | Roland | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to roland=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **kneele** | participle | Guy *not said here* | | | | before Floripas | | tree rules | | 3 | **kiss** | past | Guy *not said here* | Floripas's feet | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Co-Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | Floripas | | | Sir *conj* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 5 | **help** *in a quote* | present | Guy *not said here* | this Guy | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Beneficiary | | 6 | **love** *in a quote* | present | I | this Guy | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 7 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a lost woman | | | | else *property* | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/49/) - ↑ back to [Of Guy of Burgundy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/23/)