Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 36
When King Charles saw them he was not a little astonished, and leaping upon his horse he cried aloud, "Now shall I see who is on my side."
Who acts: King, Roland · What happens: see, not be, leap, cry, be · To what, where: horses, horse, side · 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 (King, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | flat |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 astonished | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 astonished | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 astonished | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 little | det |
| 10 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 astonished | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | astonished | astonished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 saw | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 leaping | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 leaping | cc |
| 14 | leaping | leap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 saw | advcl |
| 15 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 horse | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 horse | nmod:poss |
| 17 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 leaping | obl |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 cried | nsubj |
| 19 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 horse | acl:relcl |
| 20 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 19 cried | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 see | punct |
| 23 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 see | advmod |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 see | aux |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 see | nsubj |
| 26 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 saw | conj |
| 27 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 side | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 side | cop |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 side | case |
| 30 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 side | nmod:poss |
| 31 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 see | ccomp |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 see | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | King | horses = horse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | King | a little obl:unmarked; astonished property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | leap | gerund | King not said here | upon King's horse | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon horse=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | cry speech: express | past | King | King's horse not said here | aloud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic | |||
| 5 | see in a quote | shall | Roland | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | my side | who nsubj; my nmod:poss | tree rules |
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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