--- title: Then the King called to him two lords: "You shall take the place of… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King called to him two lords: "You shall take the place of Roland and Oliver; one of you shall carry the sword, and one the horn." Who acts: King, Naymes, one. 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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 (King, Naymes, one), 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:pg75339:36:112 # text = Then the King called to him two lords: "You shall take the place of Roland and Oliver; one of you shall carry the sword, and one the horn." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 Oliver Oliver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | the King | two lords | Naymes | | then | the one horn *xcomp* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lord=Topic to he=Recipient | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | shall | Naymes | the place of Roland and Oliver | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 3 | **carry** *in a quote* | shall | one of you | the sword | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/113/) - ↑ back to [How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/)