Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 33
The King bade a squire take Bayard back to Montalban, whom, when Reynaud saw, he said to Roland and the other Barons, "My good lords, I know that the King is displeased with you for your love of me.
Who acts: King bade, Reynaud, your · What happens: take, see, say, know, displease, love · To what, where: Bayard, Roland, King, me · 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 (King bade, Reynaud, your), 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 | 3 bade | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 bade | compound |
| 3 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 squire | det |
| 5 | squire | squire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | nsubj |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | Bayard | Bayard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 take | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Montalban | case |
| 10 | Montalban | Montalban | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 back | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 whom | punct |
| 12 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 take | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 saw | punct |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 saw | advmod |
| 15 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 whom | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 take | parataxis |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Roland | case |
| 21 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 said | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 Barons | cc |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Barons | det |
| 24 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 Barons | amod |
| 25 | Barons | Baron | PROPN | Number=Plur | 21 Roland | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 lords | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 lords | punct |
| 28 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 lords | nmod:poss |
| 29 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 lords | amod |
| 30 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 Roland | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 know | punct |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 know | nsubj |
| 33 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | ccomp |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 displeased | mark |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 King | det |
| 36 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 displeased | nsubj |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 displeased | aux:pass |
| 38 | displeased | displease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 know | ccomp |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 you | case |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 displeased | obl |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 love | case |
| 42 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 love | nmod:poss |
| 43 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 displeased | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 me | case |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 love | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | infinitive | the King bade | Bayard | a squire nsubj; whom obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument bayard=Destination | |||
| 2 | see | past | Reynaud | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Reynaud | Roland and the other Barons and My good lords | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to roland=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | know in a quote | present | Reynaud | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | displease in a quote | present · passive | the King | with Roland and the other Barons and My good lords = roland; for your love of me | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | love in a quote | your | me | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=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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