--- title: Then the Duke Naymes spake in this fashion; "Sir, we are wrong in th… — Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of F… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Duke Naymes spake in this fashion; "Sir, we are wrong in this war; let us have peace for five years; after that, if you are so minded, we will fight again." Who acts: we, us, you. A sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Coming of Rola --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/15/) [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/) / [The Coming of Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/) / 15 # Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Coming of Roland, sentence 15 Then the Duke Naymes spake in this fashion; "Sir, we are wrong in this war; let us have peace for five years; after that, if you are so minded, we will fight again." **Who acts:** we, us, you · **What happens:** be, let, have, fight · **To what, where:** war, us, peace, Duke spake This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Coming of Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, us, you), 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:pg75339:6:15 # text = Then the Duke Naymes spake in this fashion; "Sir, we are wrong in this war; let us have peace for five years; after that, if you are so minded, we will fight again." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 Naymes Naymes PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 after after ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 minded minded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 40 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | this war | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | after that | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | peace | | | year | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | minded *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fight** *in a quote* | future | we | | | | again | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/16/) - ↑ back to [The Coming of Roland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/6/)