--- title: Then the Duke said to Yonnet, "My child, you are fairly mated; as fo… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Duke said to Yonnet, "My child, you are fairly mated; as for these fellows they are drunken, I take it, to use me in such a fashion; but they have had their deserts," and he called to a servant that was there, saying, "Cast now these churls out of the window," and the man cast them out, fea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/86/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/) / [How Peace Was Made](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/) / 86 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 86 Then the Duke said to Yonnet, "My child, you are fairly mated; as for these fellows they are drunken, I take it, to use me in such a fashion; but they have had their deserts," and he called to a servant that was there, saying, "Cast now these churls out of the window," and the man cast them out, fearing much, lest he should be dealt with in the same way. **Who acts:** Duke, fellows, servant, man · **What happens:** say, mate, be, take, use, have · **To what, where:** Yonnet, child, Duke, fashion, deserts, servant · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Peace Was Made. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Duke, fellows, servant, man), 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:pg75339:12:86 # text = Then the Duke said to Yonnet, "My child, you are fairly mated; as for these fellows they are drunken, I take it, to use me in such a fashion; but they have had their deserts," and he called to a servant that was there, saying, "Cast now these churls out of the window," and the man cast them out, fearing much, lest he should be dealt with in the same way. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Yonnet Yonnet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 fairly fairly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 mated mate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 drunken drunken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 " " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 Cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 ccomp _ _ 59 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ _ 60 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 61 det _ _ 61 churls churl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 62 out out ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 71 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 72 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ _ 73 out out ADP RP _ 71 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 71 advcl _ _ 76 much much ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 79 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ _ 80 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 82 aux _ _ 81 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 82 aux:pass _ _ 82 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 conj _ _ 83 with with ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 84 in in ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 86 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 87 amod _ _ 87 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Duke | | Yonnet | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to yonnet=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **mate** *in a quote* | present · passive | | My child | | | | you *nsubj*; fairly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | fellows *= fellow* | | | | | for this fellows; drunken *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *in a quote* | present | the Duke *= duke* | child | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **use** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Duke *= duke* *not said here* | the Duke *= duke* | | such fashion | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | fellows *= fellow* | fellows's deserts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient | | 7 | **call** | past | Duke | | a servant | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to servant=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | past | a servant | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Duke *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **cast** *in a quote* | participle | | this churls | | the window | now | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent churl=Theme out window=Destination | | 11 | **cast out** | past | the man | fellows *= fellow* | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | | 12 | **fear** | gerund | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **deal** | should · passive | | Duke | | | | with the same way | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/87/) - ↑ back to [How Peace Was Made](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/12/)