--- title: As they went, they met the Lady Esclairmonde, who said, "Cousin, I a… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: As they went, they met the Lady Esclairmonde, who said, "Cousin, I am right glad of your coming, and now let me tell you of a private matter, if you will promise to keep it secret." " Who acts: words, Lady Esclairmonde, none, your. 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" **Who acts:** words, Lady Esclairmonde, none, your, you · **What happens:** go, meet, say, be, come, let · **To what, where:** Lady Esclairmonde, Cousin, none, you, Esclairmonde · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (words, Lady Esclairmonde, none, your), 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:pg75339:42:27 # text = As they went, they met the Lady Esclairmonde, who said, "Cousin, I am right glad of your coming, and now let me tell you of a private matter, if you will promise to keep it secret." " 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Lady Lady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Esclairmonde Esclairmonde PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 27 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | words *= word* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | past | words *= word* | the Lady Esclairmonde | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Lady Esclairmonde | Cousin | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | none of Frenchmen *= none* | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | your | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | none of Frenchmen *= none* | | | now | | tree rules | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | none of Frenchmen *= none* *not said here* | | you | | | of a private matter | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **keep** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | Esclairmonde | | | | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/28/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)