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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 27

When Roland saw that he could not prevail with his sword he caught the other round the waist, and wrestled with him in the same fashion as the Northerners use.

Who acts: Roland · What happens: see, not prevail, catch, wrestle, use · To what, where: other, same fashion · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Mawgis Became a Hermit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Roland), 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

advmodnsubjadvclmarknsubjauxadvmodccompcasenmod:possoblnsubjacl:relcldetobjcasedetoblpunctcccaseoblcasedetamodoblcasedetnmodparataxispunctrootWhenADVRolandPROPNsawVERBthatSCONJhePRONcouldAUXnotPARTprevailVERBwithADPhisPRONswordNOUNhePRONcaughtVERBtheDETotherADJroundADPtheDETwaistNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwrestledVERBwithADPhimPRONinADPtheDETsameADJfashionNOUNasADPtheDETNorthernersPROPNuseVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 sawadvmod
2RolandRolandPROPNNumber=Sing3 sawnsubj
3sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 wrestledadvcl
4thatthatSCONJ_8 prevailmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 prevailnsubj
6couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin8 prevailaux
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 prevailadvmod
8prevailprevailVERBVerbForm=Inf3 sawccomp
9withwithADP_11 swordcase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 swordnmod:poss
11swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing8 prevailobl
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 caughtnsubj
13caughtcatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 swordacl:relcl
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 otherdet
15otherotherADJDegree=Pos13 caughtobj
16roundroundADP_18 waistcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 waistdet
18waistwaistNOUNNumber=Sing13 caughtobl
19,,PUNCT_21 wrestledpunct
20andandCCONJ_21 wrestledcc
21wrestledwrestleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
22withwithADP_23 himcase
23himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 wrestledobl
24ininADP_27 fashioncase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 fashiondet
26samesameADJDegree=Pos27 fashionamod
27fashionfashionNOUNNumber=Sing31 useobl
28asasADP_30 Northernerscase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 Northernersdet
30NorthernersNorthernerPROPNNumber=Plur27 fashionnmod
31useuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 wrestledparataxis
32..PUNCT_21 wrestledpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastRolandvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2not prevailcouldRolandwith Roland's swordvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3catchpastRolandthe otherround the waistvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme
4wrestlepastwith Rolandvn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
5usepresentthe same fashion as the Northernersvn eat-39.1 «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.

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