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title: Our master, King Marsilas, bids us say that, being persuaded that th… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Our master, King Marsilas, bids us say that, being persuaded that the law by which you live is the law of salvation, he would fain win your favour even by the half of his treasures. Who acts: master, you, law, your. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 35

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Our master, King Marsilas, bids us say that, being persuaded that the law by which you live is the law of salvation, he would fain win your favour even by the half of his treasures.

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**Who acts:** master, you, law, your, King · **What happens:** bid, say, persuade, live, be, fain · **To what, where:** us, that, law, favour · **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, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (master, you, law, your), 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:pg75339:27:35
# text = Our master, King Marsilas, bids us say that, being persuaded that the law by which you live is the law of salvation, he would fain win your favour even by the half of his treasures.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	Marsilas	Marsilas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	bids	bid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	advcl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	salvation	salvation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	fain	fain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
30	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	_	_
31	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	even	even	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
34	by	by	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	30	parataxis	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bid** | present | Our master | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Our master *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
| 3 | **persuade** | gerund · passive | Our master *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 4 | **live** | present | you |  |  |  |  | by the law | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by which=Location |
| 5 | **is a** | present | the law | the law |  |  |  | of salvation | tree rules |
| 6 | **fain** | would | master |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **win** | infinitive | master *not said here* | your favour |  |  |  | the half of King's treasures *parataxis* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality |
| 8 | **favour** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **treasure** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=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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