Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 107
He called for a basin, and took blood from the horse, and this being mixed with other things of which they had a little he prepared a mess, by which the Lady Clare and the children were a little sustained.
Who acts: Reynaud, things · What happens: call, take, mix, have, prepare, sustain · To what, where: blood, this, little, mess, Lady Clare · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of What Befell At Montalban. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Reynaud, things), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 called | nsubj |
| 2 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 basin | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 basin | det |
| 5 | basin | basin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 called | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 took | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 took | cc |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 called | parataxis |
| 9 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 horse | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 horse | det |
| 12 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mixed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 mixed | cc |
| 15 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 mixed | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 mixed | aux:pass |
| 17 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 took | conj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 things | case |
| 19 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 things | amod |
| 20 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 mixed | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 which | case |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 had | obl |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 had | nsubj |
| 24 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 things | acl:relcl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 little | det |
| 26 | little | little | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 had | obj |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 prepared | nsubj |
| 28 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 little | acl:relcl |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 mess | det |
| 30 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 prepared | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 sustained | punct |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 33 which | case |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 sustained | obl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Clare | det |
| 35 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Clare | compound |
| 36 | Clare | Clare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 sustained | nsubj |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 children | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 children | det |
| 39 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 Clare | conj |
| 40 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 sustained | aux:pass |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 little | det |
| 42 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 sustained | obl:unmarked |
| 43 | sustained | sustain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 mixed | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past | Reynaud | for a basin | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for basin=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | take | past | blood | from the horse | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent blood=Theme from horse=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | mix | gerund · passive | this | with other things | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with thing=Co-Patient | ||||
| 4 | have | past | things = thing | a little | of other things | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient | |||
| 5 | prepare | past | Reynaud | a mess | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mess=Patient | ||||
| 6 | sustain | past · passive | the Lady Clare and the children | a little obl:unmarked; which obl | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=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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