Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Opening, sentence 36

I have to express my obligations to the Introduction, written by Mr. Sidney Lee to the first part of "Duke Huon of Bordeaux."

Who acts: I, my · What happens: have, express, write, obligate · To what, where: obligations, Introduction, first part

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 (I, my), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 express	mark
4	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 have	xcomp
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 obligations	nmod:poss
6	obligations	obligation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 express	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 Introduction	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Introduction	det
9	Introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 express	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 written	punct
11	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Introduction	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 Sidney	case
13	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sidney	nmod:desc
14	Sidney	Sidney	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 written	obl:agent
15	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sidney	flat
16	to	to	ADP	_	19 part	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 part	det
18	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 part	amod
19	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 written	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 Huon	case
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 Huon	punct
22	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Huon	compound
23	Huon	Huon	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 part	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Bordeaux	case
25	Bordeaux	Bordeaux	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Huon	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 have	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	I				tree rules
2	express	to-infinitive	I not said here	my obligations	the Introduction		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent obligation=Theme to introduction=Recipient
3	write	participle		the Introduction not said here	the first part of Duke Huon of Bordeaux	Sidney Mr. obl:agent	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to part=Recipient
4	obligate		my				nom obligation «act 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.

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🌲 Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Opening, sentence 36

The tree

Pragmatics

Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Opening, sentence 36