Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 29

Then seeing that neither could throw the other they sat down, being utterly wearied; their helmets and shields were partly broken, and the ground whereon they had stood was trampled as if men had beaten corn thereon.

Who acts: seeing, other, horses, men · What happens: see, throw, sit down, weary, break, stand · To what, where: helmets, ground, corn

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 (seeing, other, horses, men), 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	2 seeing	advmod
2	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 throw	csubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 neither	mark
4	neither	neither	ADV	_	2 seeing	advmod
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 throw	aux
6	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 other	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sat	nsubj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sat	nsubj
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 throw	advcl
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 sat	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wearied	punct
13	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 wearied	aux:pass
14	utterly	utterly	ADV	_	15 wearied	advmod
15	wearied	weary	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 throw	advcl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 broken	punct
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 helmets	nmod:poss
18	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 broken	nsubj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 shields	cc
20	shields	shield	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 helmets	conj
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 broken	aux:pass
22	partly	partly	ADV	_	23 broken	advmod
23	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 throw	parataxis
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 trampled	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 trampled	cc
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 ground	det
27	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 trampled	nsubj:pass
28	whereon	whereon	ADV	PronType=Int	31 stood	advmod
29	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 stood	nsubj
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 stood	aux
31	stood	stand	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 ground	acl:relcl
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 trampled	aux:pass
33	trampled	trample	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 broken	conj
34	as	as	SCONJ	_	38 beaten	mark
35	if	if	SCONJ	_	38 beaten	mark
36	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 beaten	nsubj
37	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 beaten	aux
38	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 trampled	advcl
39	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 beaten	obj
40	thereon	thereon	ADV	_	38 beaten	advmod
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 throw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	see	gerund			then	neither property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	throw	could	seeing				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	sit down	past	the other			horses = horse nsubj	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	weary	gerund · passive	seeing not said here			utterly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
5	break	past · passive		horses's helmets and shields		partly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6	stand	past · perfect	horses = horse			whereon property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	trample	past · passive		the ground			tree rules
8	beat	past · perfect	men	corn		thereon property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location corn=Theme

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, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 29