--- title: These are strange words," said Alda the Fair; "God and His blessed s… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: These are strange words," said Alda the Fair; "God and His blessed saints forbid that I should live now that my Roland is dead," and as she spake she grew deadly pale, and fell at the King's feet, and when they took her up, lo! she was dead. Who acts: These, Alda, strange words, I. 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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 (These, Alda, strange words, I), 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:pg75339:36:229 # text = These are strange words," said Alda the Fair; "God and His blessed saints forbid that I should live now that my Roland is dead," and as she spake she grew deadly pale, and fell at the King's feet, and when they took her up, lo! she was dead. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 Alda Alda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Fair Fair PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 blessed blessed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 saints saint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 18 forbid forbid VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 Roland Roland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 spake speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 37 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 lo lo INTJ UH _ 59 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | These | strange words | | | | God and Alda's blessed saints *appos* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Alda | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **forbid** | present | strange words | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **live** | should | I | | | | now | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | my Roland | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | one more *= more* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | one more *= more* | | | | | pale *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | | | | the King's feet | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 9 | **take up** *in a quote* | past | words *= word* | | one more *= more* | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | past | one more *= more* | | | | | dead *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 228](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/228/) - next →: [sentence 230](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/230/) - ↑ back to [How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/36/)