Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Opening, sentence 23

Then, again, we find the romance writers in sympathy with the great feudatories, indicating the time before the French monarchy had become consolidated, when the king at Paris had all that he could do to hold his own against his powerful vassals, the Dukes of Brittany and Burgundy, and the English king.

Who acts: we, French monarchy, king · What happens: find, indicate, become, consolidate, have, hold · To what, where: romance writers, sympathy, own, powerful vassals

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, French monarchy, king), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 find	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Then	punct
3	again	again	ADV	_	6 find	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 again	punct
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 find	nsubj
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 writers	det
8	romance	romance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 writers	compound
9	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 sympathy	case
11	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 feudatories	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 feudatories	det
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 feudatories	amod
15	feudatories	feudatory	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sympathy	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 indicating	punct
17	indicating	indicate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 find	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 time	det
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 indicating	obj
20	before	before	SCONJ	_	25 become	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 monarchy	det
22	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 monarchy	amod
23	monarchy	monarchy	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 become	nsubj
24	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 become	aux
25	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 indicating	advcl
26	consolidated	consolidate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 become	xcomp
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 had	punct
28	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	33 had	advmod
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 king	det
30	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 had	nsubj
31	at	at	ADP	_	32 Paris	case
32	Paris	Paris	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 king	nmod
33	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 indicating	conj
34	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	40 hold	det:predet
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 do	mark
36	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 do	nsubj
37	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 do	aux
38	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	40 hold	aux
39	to	to	PART	_	40 hold	mark
40	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	33 had	parataxis
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	42 own	nmod:poss
42	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 hold	obj
43	against	against	ADP	_	46 vassals	case
44	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 vassals	nmod:poss
45	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 vassals	amod
46	vassals	vassal	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 hold	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 Dukes	punct
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Dukes	det
49	Dukes	Duke	PROPN	Number=Plur	46 vassals	conj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 Brittany	case
51	Brittany	Brittany	PROPN	Number=Sing	49 Dukes	nmod
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 Burgundy	cc
53	Burgundy	Burgundy	PROPN	Number=Sing	51 Brittany	conj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 king	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 king	cc
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 king	det
57	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 king	amod
58	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 Dukes	appos
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	find	present	we	the romance writers	sympathy with the great feudatories	then; again	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writer=Topic
2	indicate	gerund	we not said here			time	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
3	become	past · perfect	the French monarchy				tree rules
4	consolidate	participle	the French monarchy not said here				vn amalgamate-22.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	have	past	the king at Paris				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	hold	to-infinitive · do-support		king's own	king's powerful vassals and the Dukes of Brittany and Burgundy		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent own=Theme against vassal=Location

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.

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🌲 Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Opening, sentence 23

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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Opening, sentence 23