Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Went to Court, sentence 8

He called Roland to him, for, indeed, there was no man whom he trusted more, and said to him, "To-morrow morning take your horse and your harness, and watch well the road by which we went on the day that I was lost, and if you see anyone coming this way, whatever his errand may be, bring him with you to this place, and take care that he sees no one before he sees me."

Who acts: Charles, we, Roland · What happens: call, be, trust, say, take, watch · To what, where: Roland, man, Charles, horse, road, day · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Ralph Went to Court. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Charles, we, Roland), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Roland	Roland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 man	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 indeed	case
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 for	punct
9	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	14 man	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 was	punct
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 was	expl
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 man	cop
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 man	det
14	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
15	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 trusted	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 trusted	nsubj
17	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 man	acl:relcl
18	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 trusted	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 said	cc
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 trusted	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 said	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 take	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	30 take	punct
26	To	to	ADP	_	29 morning	case
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 To	punct
28	morrow	morrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 morning	compound
29	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 take	obl
30	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 said	ccomp
31	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 horse	nmod:poss
32	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 take	obj
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 harness	cc
34	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 harness	nmod:poss
35	harness	harness	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 take	conj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 watch	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 watch	cc
38	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	30 take	parataxis
39	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	38 watch	advmod
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 road	det
41	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 watch	obj
42	by	by	ADP	_	43 which	case
43	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 went	obl
44	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 went	nsubj
45	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 road	acl:relcl
46	on	on	ADP	_	48 day	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 day	det
48	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 went	obl
49	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 lost	nsubj:pass
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 lost	nsubj
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 lost	aux:pass
52	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 day	acl:relcl
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 see	punct
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 see	cc
55	if	if	SCONJ	_	57 see	mark
56	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	57 see	nsubj
57	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 trusted	conj
58	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	57 see	obj
59	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	58 anyone	acl
60	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	61 way	det
61	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 coming	obl:unmarked
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 whatever	punct
63	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 anyone	acl:relcl
64	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 errand	nmod:poss
65	errand	errand	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 be	nsubj
66	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	67 be	aux
67	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 whatever	cop
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	69 bring	punct
69	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	57 see	advcl
70	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 bring	obj
71	with	with	ADP	_	72 you	case
72	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	69 bring	obl
73	to	to	ADP	_	75 place	case
74	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	75 place	det
75	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 bring	obl
76	,	,	PUNCT	_	78 take	punct
77	and	and	CCONJ	_	78 take	cc
78	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 called	parataxis
79	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 take	obj
80	that	that	SCONJ	_	82 sees	mark
81	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 sees	nsubj
82	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	78 take	advcl
83	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	84 one	det
84	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 sees	obj
85	before	before	SCONJ	_	87 sees	mark
86	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	87 sees	nsubj
87	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	82 sees	advcl
88	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	87 sees	obj
89	.	.	PUNCT	_	78 take	punct
90	"	"	PUNCT	_	78 take	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	Charles	Roland	Roland				tree rules
2	is a	past	Charles not said here	no man					tree rules
3	trust	past	Charles	no man					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme
4	say speech: assert	past	Charles not said here		Charles				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	take in a quote	infinitive			your horse		morning	your harness conj	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination
6	watch in a quote	infinitive		the road				well property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme
7	go in a quote	past	we				day	by the road	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by which=Location
8	lose in a quote	past · passive		the day				I nsubj	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
9	see a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Roland	anyone					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus
10	come in a quote	gerund		this way					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
11	is a in a quote	infinitive		whatever					tree rules
12	bring in a quote	infinitive	Roland not said here	Charles		this place		with Roland	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to place=Destination
13	take in a quote	infinitive		care					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme
14	see in a quote	present	Charles	no one					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus
15	see in a quote	present	Charles	Charles					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=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.

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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Went to Court, sentence 8