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title: O Lord," he said, "who art the God of truth, and didst save Daniel T… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: O Lord," he said, "who art the God of truth, and didst save Daniel Thy prophet from the lions, do Thou save my soul and defend it against all perils!" Who acts: Lord, Thou. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Death of Roland, with its depe
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Death of Roland, sentence 45

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O Lord," he said, "who art the God of truth, and didst save Daniel Thy prophet from the lions, do Thou save my soul and defend it against all perils!"

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**Who acts:** Lord, Thou · **What happens:** say, do, save, defend · **To what, where:** prophet, Daniel, soul · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Death of Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Lord, Thou), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:35:45
# text = O Lord," he said, "who art the God of truth, and didst save Daniel Thy prophet from the lions, do Thou save my soul and defend it against all perils!"
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	didst	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
19	Daniel	Daniel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	nsubj	_	_
28	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
29	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	defend	defend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	against	against	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	36	det	_	_
36	perils	peril	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Lord |  |  |  |  | the God  art of truth *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | Lord *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **save** | infinitive | Lord *not said here* | Thy prophet | Daniel |  |  | from the lions | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent daniel=Beneficiary prophet=Theme |
| 4 | **save** | infinitive · do-support | Thou | my soul |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |
| 5 | **defend** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | soul |  |  |  | against all perils | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary against peril=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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