Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Mawgis Became a Hermit, sentence 59
Mawgis went to the chamber of Reynaud and said to him, "Cousin, what would you give me if I should deliver the King into your hands?" "
Who acts: Mawgis, Bayard · What happens: go, say, give, deliver · To what, where: chamber, Bayard, Cousin, Mawgis, King, hands · 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 (Mawgis, Bayard), 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 | Mawgis | Mawgis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 chamber | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chamber | det |
| 5 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Reynaud | case |
| 7 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 chamber | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 said | cc |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Cousin | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Cousin | punct |
| 14 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 give | punct |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 give | obj |
| 17 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 give | aux |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 give | nsubj |
| 19 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 Cousin | acl:relcl |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 give | iobj |
| 21 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 24 deliver | mark |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 deliver | nsubj |
| 23 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 deliver | aux |
| 24 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 give | advcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 King | det |
| 26 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 deliver | obj |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 29 hands | case |
| 28 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 hands | nmod:poss |
| 29 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 deliver | obl |
| 30 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Mawgis | the chamber of Reynaud | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to chamber=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | Mawgis not said here | Bayard | Cousin ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | |||
| 3 | give in a quote | would | Bayard | Cousin | Mawgis | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient what=Theme | |||
| 4 | deliver a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | should | Mawgis | the King | your hands | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
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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