--- title: The King said to the Duke Naymes, "Let them prepare a field where th… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: The King said to the Duke Naymes, "Let them prepare a field where these two shall fight, and till it be prepared shut them up in a tower, and let a hundred knights be ready to keep the field when it is prepared. Who acts: King, nephews, two, hundred knights. 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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 (King, nephews, two, hundred knights), 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:pg75339:38:85 # text = The King said to the Duke Naymes, "Let them prepare a field where these two shall fight, and till it be prepared shut them up in a tower, and let a hundred knights be ready to keep the field when it is prepared. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Naymes Naymes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 16 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 till till SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 26 shut shut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | the Duke Naymes | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to naymes=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | nephews *= nephew* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** *in a quote* | infinitive | nephews *= nephew* *not said here* | a field | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient | | 4 | **fight** *in a quote* | shall | this two | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **prepare** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | field | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **shut up** *in a quote* | infinitive | | nephews *= nephew* | | a tower | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | hundred knights | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | hundred knights *not said here* | the field | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme | | 10 | **prepare** *in a quote* | present · passive | | field | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/86/) - ↑ back to [How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/38/)