Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 50
When knowledge of these things came to the King's ears he rejoiced greatly, saying to his Barons, "This time, methinks, Reynaud shall not escape me.
Who acts: knowledge, Reynaud · What happens: come, rejoice, say, not escape · To what, where: ears, Barons, knowledge · 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 (knowledge, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 came | advmod |
| 2 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 things | case |
| 4 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 things | det |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 knowledge | nmod |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 escape | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 ears | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 ears | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 King | case |
| 11 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 came | obl |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 13 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 ears | acl:relcl |
| 14 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 13 rejoiced | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 saying | punct |
| 16 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 came | advcl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Barons | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 Barons | nmod:poss |
| 19 | Barons | baron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 saying | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 time | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 time | punct |
| 22 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 time | det |
| 23 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 saying | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 methinks | punct |
| 25 | methinks | methink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 time | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| 27 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 escape | nsubj |
| 28 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 escape | aux |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 escape | advmod |
| 30 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 escape | obj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 escape | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | knowledge of this things | the King's ears | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to ear=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | rejoice | past | knowledge | the King's ears not said here | greatly property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | knowledge of this things not said here | knowledge's Barons | time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to baron=Recipient | |||
| 4 | not escape in a quote | shall | Reynaud | knowledge of this things = knowledge | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Initial_Location |
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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