--- title: Also I will give into your hands a present for the King; I will enga… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Also I will give into your hands a present for the King; I will engage also to send him year by year a like present for head money; also I will bind myself to serve him with such a host as he may require. Who acts: I, Admiral. 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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, Admiral), 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:pg75339:42:65 # text = Also I will give into your hands a present for the King; I will engage also to send him year by year a like present for head money; also I will bind myself to serve him with such a host as he may require. 1 Also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 engage engage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 also also ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 also also ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 35 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | I | a present | | your hands | | for the King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent present=Theme for king=Asset | | 2 | **engage** | future | I | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 3 | **send** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a like present | Admiral | | year | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination present=Theme | | 4 | **bind** | future | I | myself | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | | 5 | **serve** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | Admiral | | | with such host | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with host=Theme | | 6 | **require** | may | Admiral | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/66/) - ↑ back to [How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/42/)