--- title: Then said the Duke Naymes to the King, "Let now Amaury stand forth a… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said the Duke Naymes to the King, "Let now Amaury stand forth and tell us why he lay in ambush in the wood with your son, and what purpose he had in his mind." Who acts: Duke Naymes, Amaury, Naymes, purpose. 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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 Naymes, Amaury, Naymes, purpose), 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:pg75339:38:76 # text = Then said the Duke Naymes to the King, "Let now Amaury stand forth and tell us why he lay in ambush in the wood with your son, and what purpose he had in his mind." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Naymes Naymes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 13 Amaury Amaury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 forth forth ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 ambush ambush NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 ccomp _ _ 33 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Duke Naymes | | the King | | then | what *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | Amaury | | | | now | forth *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Amaury *not said here* | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | past | Naymes | | | ambush | | in the wood; with your son | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ambush=Location | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | past | purpose | | | Naymes's mind | | Naymes *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **mind** *in a quote* | | Naymes | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/77/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)