--- title: Now, therefore, I desire greatly to help you; nor is there anything… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Now, therefore, I desire greatly to help you; nor is there anything which I would not do for your sake," speaking more boldly because the dungeon was a darksome place, and neither could she see the knight's face nor could the knight see hers. Who acts: I, anything, Esclairmonde, dungeon. 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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 (I, anything, Esclairmonde, dungeon), 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:pg75339:41:121 # text = Now, therefore, I desire greatly to help you; nor is there anything which I would not do for your sake," speaking more boldly because the dungeon was a darksome place, and neither could she see the knight's face nor could the knight see hers. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 desire desire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 7 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 13 cc _ _ 13 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 15 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 nsubj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 29 because because SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 darksome darksome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 neither neither ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 50 cc _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 51 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **desire** | present | I | | | | now | greatly, therefore *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 3 | **be** | present | anything | | | there | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **do** | would | I | | | | | for your sake; which *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | gerund | Esclairmonde *not said here* | | | | | boldly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the dungeon | a darksome place | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | could | Esclairmonde | the knight's face | | | | neither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | could | the knight | Esclairmonde | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer her=Stimulus | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/122/) - ↑ back to [How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/41/)