--- title: "Sire," said Ganelon, "I will put up with this affront, but never wi… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: "Sire," said Ganelon, "I will put up with this affront, but never will I consent, for all the treasures that there are in this land, nay, not for all the gold that God has made, not to speak the words that King Charles has commanded me to speak." Who acts: Sire, Charles. 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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 (Sire, Charles), 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:pg75339:28:58 # text = "Sire," said Ganelon, "I will put up with this affront, but never will I consent, for all the treasures that there are in this land, nay, not for all the gold that God has made, not to speak the words that King Charles has commanded me to speak." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sire sire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Ganelon Ganelon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 affront affront NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 nay nay INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 52 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod:desc _ _ 53 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 appos _ _ 56 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sire | | | | | Ganelon *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put up** *in a quote* | future | Sire | | | | | with this affront | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **consent** *in a quote* | future | Sire | | | | | for all treasures; all gold *conj* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | God | | | | all gold *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the words | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **command** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Charles King | that | | | | me *obj* | tree rules | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Charles King *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/59/) - ↑ back to [The Treason of Ganelon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/28/)