--- title: Then he called his eldest son Lothair, and said to him, "Go to this… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he called his eldest son Lothair, and said to him, "Go to this Duke, and bid him come to me with his men-at-arms by mid-summer next, or else I will besiege his city of Aygremont." Who acts: counsel. 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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 (counsel), 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:pg75339:3:18 # text = Then he called his eldest son Lothair, and said to him, "Go to this Duke, and bid him come to me with his men-at-arms by mid-summer next, or else I will besiege his city of Aygremont." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Lothair lothair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 bid bid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 mid-summer mid-summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 35 next next ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 else else ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 besiege besiege VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Aygremont Aygremont PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | counsel | counsel's eldest son Lothair | | | then | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lothair=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | counsel *not said here* | | counsel | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | to this Duke | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to duke=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **bid** *in a quote* | past | counsel *not said here* | counsel | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | counsel *not said here* | | counsel | | | with counsel's men at arms; by mid-summer; next *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **besiege** *in a quote* | future | counsel | counsel's city of Aygremont | | | | else *property* | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/19/) - ↑ back to [The Slaying of Lothair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/)