Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 122
The others had small pleasure to see him, for even the Lady Clare, that was his sister, spake sharply to him saying, "Brother, you have done me such damage that you well deserved to die."
Who acts: others, that, shame, you · What happens: have, see, be, speak, say, do · To what, where: small pleasure, shame, sister, Brother, such damage, others · 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 (others, that, shame, you), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 others | det |
| 2 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pleasure | amod |
| 5 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 had | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Clare | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 Clare | case |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 Clare | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Clare | det |
| 13 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Clare | compound |
| 14 | Clare | Clare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sister | punct |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 sister | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 sister | cop |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 sister | nmod:poss |
| 19 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Clare | appos |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 spake | punct |
| 21 | spake | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 Clare | conj |
| 22 | sharply | sharply | ADV | _ | 21 spake | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 25 saying | mark |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 saying | nsubj |
| 25 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 spake | advcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Brother | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 Brother | punct |
| 28 | Brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 saying | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 done | punct |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 done | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 done | aux |
| 32 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 spake | advcl |
| 33 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 done | iobj |
| 34 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 damage | amod |
| 35 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 done | obj |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 deserved | obj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 deserved | nsubj |
| 38 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 39 deserved | advmod |
| 39 | deserved | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 damage | acl:relcl |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 die | mark |
| 41 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 deserved | xcomp |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 Clare | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the others | small pleasure | the Lady Clare parataxis | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the others not said here | shame | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | that | shame's sister | shame nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 4 | speak speech: other | infinitive | the others not said here | sharply property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | shame | Brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | do in a quote | present · perfect | you | such damage | the others = other | tree rules | |||
| 7 | deserve in a quote | past | you | such damage | well property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | die in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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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