Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 40
When they were now mounted there came forth from the palace the Lady Clare, and said to them, "My lords, I do entreat you to make peace, if by any means it may be done, between the King and my husband, for indeed he bears a large heart, as you very well know."
Who acts: I, husband, stables · What happens: mount, come, say, entreat, make, mean · To what, where: stables, palace, lords, peace · 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 (I, husband, stables), 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 | 5 mounted | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mounted | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mounted | aux:pass |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 mounted | advmod |
| 5 | mounted | mount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 came | advcl |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 came | advmod |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 palace | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 palace | det |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 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 | 11 palace | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 said | cc |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 came | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 them | case |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 said | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 lords | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 lords | punct |
| 22 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 lords | nmod:poss |
| 23 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 said | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 entreat | punct |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 entreat | nsubj |
| 26 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 entreat | aux |
| 27 | entreat | entreat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 came | conj |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 entreat | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 make | mark |
| 30 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 entreat | conj |
| 31 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 make | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 means | punct |
| 33 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 36 means | mark |
| 34 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 any | case |
| 35 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 36 means | obl |
| 36 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 make | parataxis |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 done | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 done | aux |
| 39 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 done | aux:pass |
| 40 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 means | ccomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 King | punct |
| 42 | between | between | ADP | _ | 44 King | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 King | det |
| 44 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 done | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 husband | cc |
| 46 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 husband | nmod:poss |
| 47 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 King | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 heart | punct |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 50 indeed | case |
| 50 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 55 heart | advmod |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 heart | nsubj |
| 52 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 53 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 heart | det |
| 54 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 heart | amod |
| 55 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 done | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 know | punct |
| 57 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 61 know | mark |
| 58 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 61 know | nsubj |
| 59 | very | very | ADV | _ | 61 know | advmod |
| 60 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 59 very | fixed |
| 61 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 done | parataxis |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 entreat | punct |
| 63 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 entreat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mount | past · passive | stables = stable | now | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the palace; there | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | My lords | stables = stable | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | entreat in a quote | present · do-support | I | stables = stable | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | make in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | peace | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | ||||
| 6 | mean a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | by any | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | do in a quote | may · passive | peace | between the King and my husband | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | heart in a quote | husband | indeed property | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | know in a quote | present | stables = stable | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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