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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 (Roland, Villain, you, gauntlet), 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:pg75339:29:37 # text = Then Roland turned to him again, and said, "Villain that you are, and come of a race of villainy, did you think perchance that I should let the gauntlet fall, as you let it fall when you would have taken it from the King?" 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Villain villain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 villainy villainy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 28 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 gauntlet gauntlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 when when SCONJ WRB _ 46 mark _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 46 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Roland | | horse | | then; again | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | Villain | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | Roland *not said here* | | | | | of a race of villainy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of race=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | perchance | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot perchance=Theme | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | should | Villain | perchance | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** *in a quote* | infinitive | the gauntlet | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | present | you | gauntlet | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **fall** *in a quote* | infinitive | gauntlet *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **take** *in a quote* | would · perfect | you | gauntlet | | | | from the King | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from king=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **race** *in a quote* | | villainy | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: of=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/38/) - ↑ back to [Of the Plot Against Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/29/)