--- title: But the Duke said to his lords, "Here comes the King's eldest son; i… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: But the Duke said to his lords, "Here comes the King's eldest son; if he speak wisely to us, wisely will we answer him; but if not, he shall not go free." Who acts: Duke, we. 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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, we), 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:pg75339:3:49 # text = But the Duke said to his lords, "Here comes the King's eldest son; if he speak wisely to us, wisely will we answer him; but if not, he shall not go free." 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 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 _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 21 wisely wisely ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 wisely wisely ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 39 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Duke | | Duke's lords | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the Duke *not said here* | the King's eldest son | | here | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location son=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | Duke | | us | | | wisely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to we=Co-Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | we | | Duke | | | wisely *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | shall | Duke | | | | | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/50/) - ↑ back to [The Slaying of Lothair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/)