Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 46
So these two went to the King where he sat in his tent before the great gates of the castle.
Who acts: two, King · What happens: go, sit · To what, where: tent
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 (two, King), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 two | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 King | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 sat | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sat | nsubj |
| 10 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 tent | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 tent | nmod:poss |
| 13 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sat | obl |
| 14 | before | before | ADP | _ | 17 gates | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 gates | det |
| 16 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 gates | amod |
| 17 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sat | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 castle | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 castle | det |
| 20 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gates | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | this two | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | sit | past | King | King's tent | before the great gates of the castle | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tent=Location |
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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