--- title: But the Duke would not suffer it; "Nay," said he, "speak not one wor… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But the Duke would not suffer it; "Nay," said he, "speak not one word; you cannot keep yourself in bounds; if you have your way you will bring us all to death before sunset." Who acts: Duke, you. 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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, you), 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:pg75339:21:4 # text = But the Duke would not suffer it; "Nay," said he, "speak not one word; you cannot keep yourself in bounds; if you have your way you will bring us all to death before sunset." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 26 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 bounds bound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 38 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 nmod:unmarked _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **suffer** | would | the Duke | office | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Duke *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | Duke | one word | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **keep** *in a quote* | can | you | yourself | | bounds | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme in bound=Location | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | your way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | you | us | | death | sunset | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent we=Theme to death=Destination | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/5/) - ↑ back to [Of the Doings of Floripas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/21/)