--- title: These the Duke spared, on this condition, that they should carry his… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: These the Duke spared, on this condition, that they should carry his message to the King, and the message was this: "I will do no homage for my land, nor pay one penny of tribute. Who acts: Duke, knights, message. 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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, knights, message), 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:pg75339:3:71 # text = These the Duke spared, on this condition, that they should carry his message to the King, and the message was this: "I will do no homage for my land, nor pay one penny of tribute. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 homage homage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 37 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 penny penny NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 tribute tribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spare** | past | this Duke | | | this condition | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | should | knights *= knight* | Duke's message | the King | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to king=Destination | | 3 | **is a** | past | the message | this | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | future | Duke | no homage | | | | for my land | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Eventuality | | 5 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive | | one penny of tribute | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Asset | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/72/) - ↑ back to [The Slaying of Lothair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/3/)