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title: Roland said to him, "Sir Richard, promise now that you will not tarr… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Roland said to him, "Sir Richard, promise now that you will not tarry in any place till you come to the King, saving if you should be hurt or taken prisoner." Who acts: Roland, King. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Richard of Normandy, 
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 18

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Roland said to him, "Sir Richard, promise now that you will not tarry in any place till you come to the King, saving if you should be hurt or taken prisoner."

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**Who acts:** Roland, King · **What happens:** say, promise, not tarry, come, save, hurt · **To what, where:** Sir Richard, King, place, prisoner · **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 Richard of Normandy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Roland, King), 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:pg75339:24:18
# text = Roland said to him, "Sir Richard, promise now that you will not tarry in any place till you come to the King, saving if you should be hurt or taken prisoner."
1	Roland	Roland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Richard	Richard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	promise	promise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	tarry	tarry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	det	_	_
19	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
28	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
29	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	ccomp	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	conj	_	_
35	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Roland | Sir Richard | King |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  | now |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **tarry** *in a quote* | future | King |  |  | any place |  |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location |
| 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | King |  |  |  |  | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **save** *in a quote* | gerund | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **hurt** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should · passive |  | King |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 7 | **take** *in a quote* | participle |  | prisoner |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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