Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 62
Besides this I do not doubt that the kindness which my father showed to the King will turn some day to his profit."
Who acts: I, father, kindness, King · What happens: not doubt, show, turn, profit · To what, where: kindness, King, profit
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, father, kindness, King), 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 | Besides | besides | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 doubt | obl |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 doubt | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 doubt | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 doubt | advmod |
| 6 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 turn | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 kindness | det |
| 9 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 turn | nsubj |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 showed | obj |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 father | nmod:poss |
| 12 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 showed | nsubj |
| 13 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 kindness | acl:relcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 King | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 King | det |
| 16 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 showed | obl |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 turn | aux |
| 18 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 doubt | advcl |
| 19 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 day | det |
| 20 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 turn | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 profit | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 profit | nmod:poss |
| 23 | profit | profit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 turn | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 doubt | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 doubt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not doubt | present · do-support | I | besides this | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | show | past | my father | the kindness | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Topic to king=Recipient | |||
| 3 | turn | future | the kindness | King's profit | day | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to profit=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | profit | King | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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