Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 16

Then the brethren and all the knights and Barons that were there, whether of one party or of the other, fell upon their knees before the King, and begged that he would make peace, but the King hardened his heart, saying, "There shall be no peace till Mawgis be delivered to my will."

Who acts: Barons, brethren, King, saying · What happens: be, fall, beg, make, harden, say · To what, where: peace, heart · 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 (Barons, brethren, King, saying), 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	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 fell	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brethren	det
3	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 fell	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 knights	cc
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 knights	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 knights	det
7	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brethren	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Barons	cc
9	Barons	baron	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brethren	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 there	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 there	cop
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 Barons	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 fell	punct
14	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	23 fell	mark
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 party	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 party	nummod
17	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 fell	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 other	cc
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 other	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 other	det
21	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 party	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 party	punct
23	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
24	upon	upon	ADP	_	26 knees	case
25	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 knees	nmod:poss
26	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 fell	obl
27	before	before	ADP	_	29 King	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 King	det
29	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 fell	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 begged	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 begged	cc
32	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 fell	conj
33	that	that	SCONJ	_	36 make	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 make	nsubj
35	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 make	aux
36	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 begged	ccomp
37	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 make	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 hardened	punct
39	but	but	CCONJ	_	42 hardened	cc
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 King	det
41	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 hardened	nsubj
42	hardened	harden	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 fell	conj
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 heart	nmod:poss
44	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 hardened	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 saying	punct
46	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 peace	csubj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 be	punct
48	"	"	PUNCT	_	51 be	punct
49	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	51 be	expl
50	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	51 be	aux
51	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	53 peace	cop
52	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	53 peace	det
53	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 delivered	nsubj:pass
54	till	till	ADP	_	55 Mawgis	case
55	Mawgis	Mawgis	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 peace	nmod
56	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	57 delivered	aux:pass
57	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 fell	parataxis
58	to	to	ADP	_	60 will	case
59	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 will	nmod:poss
60	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 delivered	conj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 fell	punct
62	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 fell	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Barons			there property	tree rules
2	fall	past	the brethren and all knights and Barons		before the King; then	of one party; upon Barons's knees	tree rules
3	beg speech: request	past	the brethren and all knights and Barons not said here				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	make	would	brethren	peace			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product
5	harden	past	the King	King's heart			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient
6	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	is a in a quote	infinitive	saying	no peace	till Mawgis		tree rules
8	deliver in a quote	infinitive · passive		no peace			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 16