---
title: The Duke, purposing to slay his nephew, said to a certain Geoffrey,… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Duke, purposing to slay his nephew, said to a certain Geoffrey, a knight who had come with him from France, and had also renounced the Christian faith, "Bring now five or six score of soldiers, and let them slay this Huon and all his train. Who acts: Duke, knight, Huon. A sentence of «Stories of
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/52/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/) / [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/) / 52

# Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 52

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Duke, purposing to slay his nephew, said to a certain Geoffrey, a knight who had come with him from France, and had also renounced the Christian faith, "Bring now five or six score of soldiers, and let them slay this Huon and all his train.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Duke, knight, Huon · **What happens:** purpose, slay, say, come, renounce, bring · **To what, where:** nephew, France, Christian faith, five score, Huon, soldiers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Duke, knight, Huon), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

<!-- .note-en -->
**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg75339:40:52
# text = The Duke, purposing to slay his nephew, said to a certain Geoffrey, a knight who had come with him from France, and had also renounced the Christian faith, "Bring now five or six score of soldiers, and let them slay this Huon and all his train.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Duke	Duke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	purposing	purpose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Geoffrey	Geoffrey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	also	also	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	renounced	renounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
36	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	37	advmod	_	_
37	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	40	nummod	_	_
38	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	conj	_	_
40	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
46	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	xcomp	_	_
48	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	49	det	_	_
49	Huon	Huon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
52	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purpose** *speech: other* | gerund | the Duke *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **slay** | to-infinitive | the Duke *not said here* | Duke's nephew |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nephew=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Duke |  |  |  |  | to a certain Geoffrey | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to geoffrey=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 4 | **come** | past · perfect | a knight |  |  | France |  | with Duke | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from france=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **renounce** | past · perfect |  | the Christian faith |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Source |
| 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | five score of soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent score=Theme |
| 7 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | Huon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **slay** *in a quote* | infinitive | Huon *not said here* | this Huon and Duke's train |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent huon=Patient |
| 9 | **score** *in a quote* |  |  | soldiers |  |  |  |  | nom score «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/51/)
- next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/53/)
- ↑ back to [Of the End of the False Duke Macaire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/40/)