Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 26
When the King's Barons heard these words they were not a little astonished, not thinking that any man could deal so generously with his enemy.
Who acts: Barons, man · What happens: hear, not be, not think, deal · To what, where: words · 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, man), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Barons | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 King | case |
| 5 | Barons | Baron | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 heard | nsubj |
| 6 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 words | det |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 heard | obj |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 astonished | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 astonished | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 astonished | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 little | det |
| 13 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 astonished | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | astonished | astonished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 words | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 thinking | punct |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 thinking | advmod |
| 17 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 astonished | advcl |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 deal | mark |
| 19 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 man | det |
| 20 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 deal | nsubj |
| 21 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 deal | aux |
| 22 | deal | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 thinking | ccomp |
| 23 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 generously | advmod |
| 24 | generously | generously | ADV | _ | 22 deal | advmod |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 enemy | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 27 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 deal | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the King's Barons | this words | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not is | past | Barons = baron | this words not said here | a little obl:unmarked; astonished property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | not think speech: other | gerund | Barons = baron not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | deal | could | any man | with King's enemy; generously property | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with enemy=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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