Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 123
But Reynaud said, "I have sworn homage to the King, and I must needs save him."
Who acts: Reynaud · What happens: say, swear, need, save · To what, where: homage, Reynaud · 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), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sworn | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 sworn | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 sworn | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sworn | aux |
| 8 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sworn | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 King | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 sworn | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 needs | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 needs | cc |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 needs | nsubj |
| 16 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 needs | aux |
| 17 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 18 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 needs | xcomp |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 save | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Reynaud | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | swear in a quote | present · perfect | Reynaud | homage | to the King | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent homage=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | need in a quote | must | Reynaud | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | save not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | Reynaud | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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