--- title: Then, after proclamation made that no one should presume under pain… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then, after proclamation made that no one should presume under pain of death to make any sign to either of the combatants, the King stood up and said, "My pleasure is that if no confession be made of the truth, then the vanquisher shall forfeit all his land and be banished from this realm." 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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 (one, King, pleasure, My), 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:pg75339:38:89 # text = Then, after proclamation made that no one should presume under pain of death to make any sign to either of the combatants, the King stood up and said, "My pleasure is that if no confession be made of the truth, then the vanquisher shall forfeit all his land and be banished from this realm." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 presume presume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 17 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 combatants combatant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 advcl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 vanquisher vanquisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 forfeit forfeit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 conj _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 det _ _ 59 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | | | | after proclamation; then | | tree rules | | 2 | **presume** | should | no one | | | pain of death | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | any sign | | | | to either of the combatants | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | | 4 | **stand up** | past | the King | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | no confession | | | | of the truth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | shall · present | My pleasure | | | | then | the vanquisher *nsubj*; King's land *obj*; forfeit *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **banish** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | My pleasure *not said here* | | | this realm | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from realm=Source | | 9 | **pain** | | | death | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **please** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/90/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)