--- title: When the yeomen saw that he paid no heed to them, they laid hands on… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: When the yeomen saw that he paid no heed to them, they laid hands on him, one on each side, saying, "Rise up, Sir Duke, for you are to be hanged in despite of the King." Who acts: yeomen, Duke. 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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 (yeomen, Duke), 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:pg75339:12:82 # text = When the yeomen saw that he paid no heed to them, they laid hands on him, one on each side, saying, "Rise up, Sir Duke, for you are to be hanged in despite of the King." 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 yeomen yeoman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 obl _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:desc _ _ 31 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 despite despite ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the yeomen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **pay** | past | Duke | no heed | yeomen *= yeoman* | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset | | 3 | **lay** | past | yeomen *= yeoman* | hands | | | | on Duke; one on each side *obl* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme on he=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | yeomen *= yeoman* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **rise up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Duke Sir | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hange** *in a quote* | present · passive | | you | | | | in the King | tree rules | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/83/) - ↑ back to [How Peace Was Made](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/)