--- title: When the Duke heard him speak in this fashion, he disdained to make… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: When the Duke heard him speak in this fashion, he disdained to make any answer, but said to Yonnet, "Play you quickly, for it is time that we go to dinner." Who acts: Duke, answer, time. 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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 (Duke, answer, time), 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:pg75339:12:81 # text = When the Duke heard him speak in this fashion, he disdained to make any answer, but said to Yonnet, "Play you quickly, for it is time that we go to dinner." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 disdained disdain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Yonnet Yonnet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Duke | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | Duke | | | this fashion | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **disdain** | past | Duke | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | Duke *not said here* | any answer | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset answer=Product | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Duke *not said here* | | Yonnet | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to yonnet=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Yonnet | | | | quickly *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | answer | | | | for time | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | present | time | | | dinner | | we *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to dinner=Initial\_Location | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/82/) - ↑ back to [How Peace Was Made](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/)