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" **Who acts:** peace, King, it, Roland · **What happens:** bring, write, make, mean, be, die · **To what, where:** great book, King, law, great oath This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Treason of Ganelon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (peace, King, it, Roland), 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:pg75339:28:116 # text = Then they brought to the King a great book in which was written the law of Mahomet, and the King made a great oath upon it, that if by any means it could be so ordered, Roland should die and the Twelve Peers with him. " 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 obl _ _ 33 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 ordered ordered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 csubj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Twelve Twelve PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Peers Peer PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | peace | a great book | the King | | then | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme to king=Destination | | 2 | **write** | past · passive | | the law of Mahomet | | a great book | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: law=Theme in which=Destination | | 3 | **make** | past | the King | a great oath | | | | upon oath | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Product | | 4 | **mean** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | | | | | | by any | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | could | it | | | | | ordered *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **die** | should | Roland | | | | | with King; the Twelve Peers *conj* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/117/) - ↑ back to [The Treason of Ganelon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/)