--- title: If you overcome me then shall you take me to the King, that he may d… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: If you overcome me then shall you take me to the King, that he may do with me as he will; but if I, on the other hand, overcome, then will I take you to Montalban, but you shall suffer no harm or shame." Who acts: you, need, I. 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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 (you, need, I), 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:pg75339:8:52 # text = If you overcome me then shall you take me to the King, that he may do with me as he will; but if I, on the other hand, overcome, then will I take you to Montalban, but you shall suffer no harm or shame." 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 overcome overcome VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 reparandum _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 overcome overcome INTJ UH _ 38 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Montalban Montalban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overcome** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | me | | | then | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 2 | **take** | shall | you | me | the King | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to king=Destination | | 3 | **do** | may | need | | | | | with me | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | future | I | you | Montalban | the other hand | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme on hand=Destination | | 5 | **suffer** | shall | you | no harm or shame | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer harm=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/53/) - ↑ back to [Of the Craft of Mawgis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/8/)