--- title: So long as I have thee in my hands the King of France shall not say… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So long as I have thee in my hands the King of France shall not say that I perished alone in the land of strangers; no verily, but their best warriors shall have paid for my death with their blood." Who acts: I, King, my. 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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 (I, King, my), 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:pg75339:28:54 # text = So long as I have thee in my hands the King of France shall not say that I perished alone in the land of strangers; no verily, but their best warriors shall have paid for my death with their blood." 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 perished perish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 alone alone ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 verily verily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 36 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | thee | | my hands | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | shall | the King of France | | | | | long, verily *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **perish** | past | I | | | the land of strangers | | alone *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **pay** | shall · perfect · passive | | strangers's best warriors | | | | for my death; with warriors's blood | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for death=Theme | | 5 | **die** | | my | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/55/) - ↑ back to [The Treason of Ganelon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/)