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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, Ganelon, I, other half), 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:pg75339:27:136 # text = Say to King Marsilas, that if he will come and own himself to be my vassal and receive holy baptism, I will give him half the kingdom of Spain; the other half is for Count Roland. 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 Marsilas Marsilas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 vassal vassal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 receive receive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 20 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 baptism baptism NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 39 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | King Marsilas | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to marsilas=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | Ganelon | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **own** | infinitive | Ganelon *not said here* | Ganelon | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | Ganelon *not said here* | | | | | my *nmod:poss*; vassal *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **receive** | present | Ganelon *not said here* | holy baptism | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baptism=Theme | | 6 | **give** | future | I | half kingdom of Spain | Ganelon | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kingdom=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | the other half | | | | | for Count | 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 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/135/) - next →: [sentence 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/137/) - ↑ back to [How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/27/)