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description: And if gratitude be lacking, then I will say this also; if any man will come forth to fight in single combat with this giant, to him will I give my daughter Esclairmonde in marriage, and after my death he shall have all my lands for his inheritance." Who acts: gratitude, I, man, my. A sentence of «S
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# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 52

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And if gratitude be lacking, then I will say this also; if any man will come forth to fight in single combat with this giant, to him will I give my daughter Esclairmonde in marriage, and after my death he shall have all my lands for his inheritance."

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**Who acts:** gratitude, I, man, my · **What happens:** lack, say, come, fight, give, have · **To what, where:** this, single combat, daughter, gratitude, marriage, lands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (gratitude, I, man, my), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:42:52
# text = And if gratitude be lacking, then I will say this also; if any man will come forth to fight in single combat with this giant, to him will I give my daughter Esclairmonde in marriage, and after my death he shall have all my lands for his inheritance."
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	lacking	lack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
11	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	obj	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
19	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	advcl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
25	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	nsubj	_	_
27	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obl	_	_
31	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
34	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	Esclairmonde	Esclairmonde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
41	after	after	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
47	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	49	det:predet	_	_
48	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | infinitive · progressive | gratitude |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | I | this |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | any man |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **fight** | to-infinitive | any man *not said here* |  |  | single combat |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **give** | future | I | my daughter | gratitude | marriage |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to he=Recipient |
| 6 | **have** | shall | gratitude | my lands |  |  | after my death | for gratitude's inheritance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient |
| 7 | **die** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **inherit** |  | gratitude |  |  |  |  |  | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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