--- title: So he prayed; and, as he lay, he thought of many things, of the coun… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: So he prayed; and, as he lay, he thought of many things, of the countries which he had conquered, and of his dear Fatherland France, and of his kinsfolk, and of the good King Charles. Who acts: Lord. 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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 (Lord), 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:pg75339:35:43 # text = So he prayed; and, as he lay, he thought of many things, of the countries which he had conquered, and of his dear Fatherland France, and of his kinsfolk, and of the good King Charles. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 conquered conquer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 28 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 Fatherland Fatherland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 kinsfolk kinsfolk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:desc _ _ 42 Charles Charles PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | Lord | | | | | of Lord's kinsfolk; of the good Charles King; Lord's dear Fatherland France *conj* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **lie** | past | Lord | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Lord | | | | | of many things of the countries | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **conquer** | past · perfect · passive | | the countries | | | | Lord *nsubj* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/35/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/35/44/) - ↑ back to [The Death of Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/35/)