Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 38
By this time the King, having been baulked of his will once again, for he had counted it for certain that Roland would overcome Reynaud, was yet more steadfastly determined not to give peace to the brethren; therefore he bade Duke Richard of Normandy ride on and guard the crossing over the river while he himself followed with all the host that he could muster.
Who acts: King, Roland, Reynaud, bade, host · What happens: baulk, count, overcome, be, determine, not give · To what, where: side, peace, brethren, crossing, river, King
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, Reynaud, bade), 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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 baulked | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 time | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 time | punct |
| 7 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 baulked | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 baulked | aux:pass |
| 9 | baulked | baulk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 again | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 again | nmod:poss |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 again | aux |
| 13 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 14 again | advmod |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 baulked | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 counted | punct |
| 16 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 19 counted | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 counted | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 counted | aux |
| 19 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 baulked | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 counted | obj |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 certain | case |
| 22 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 counted | obl |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 overcome | mark |
| 24 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 overcome | nsubj |
| 25 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 overcome | aux |
| 26 | overcome | overcome | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 counted | advcl |
| 27 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 steadfastly | nsubj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Reynaud | punct |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 steadfastly | cop |
| 30 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 32 steadfastly | advmod |
| 31 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 32 steadfastly | advmod |
| 32 | steadfastly | steadfastly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 overcome | ccomp |
| 33 | determined | determine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 steadfastly | conj |
| 34 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 give | advmod |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 give | mark |
| 36 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 determined | xcomp |
| 37 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 give | obj |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 brethren | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 brethren | det |
| 40 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 give | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 ride | punct |
| 42 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 44 bade | advmod |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 bade | nsubj |
| 44 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 ride | nsubj |
| 45 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Richard | compound |
| 46 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 bade | appos |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Normandy | case |
| 48 | Normandy | Normandy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Richard | nmod |
| 49 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 baulked | conj |
| 50 | on | on | ADV | _ | 49 ride | advmod |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 guard | cc |
| 52 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 ride | conj |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 crossing | det |
| 54 | crossing | crossing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 guard | obj |
| 55 | over | over | ADP | _ | 57 river | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 river | det |
| 57 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 guard | obl |
| 58 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 61 followed | mark |
| 59 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 60 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 59 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 61 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 52 guard | advcl |
| 62 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 host | case |
| 63 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 65 host | det:predet |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 host | det |
| 65 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 followed | obl:agent |
| 66 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 69 muster | mark |
| 67 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 muster | nsubj |
| 68 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 69 muster | aux |
| 69 | muster | muster | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 65 host | acl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 baulked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | baulk | gerund · perfect · passive | time | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | count | past · perfect | King | side | for certain | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | overcome | would | Roland | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | is | past | Reynaud | yet | steadfastly property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | determine | participle | Reynaud not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | not give | to-infinitive | Reynaud not said here | peace | the brethren | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent peace=Theme to brethren=Recipient | |||
| 7 | bade | King | Duke Richard of Normandy appos; therefore property | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | ride on | present | bade | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | guard | infinitive | bade not said here | the crossing | the river | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crossing=Beneficiary | |||
| 10 | follow | participle · passive | all host | King | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 11 | muster | could | King | all host not said here | 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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