Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 69
Yet when he looked upon Bayard, and had called to mind how many times the noble beast had saved his life, he repented him of his purpose.
Who acts: Bayard, many times · What happens: look, call, mind, save, repent, purpose · To what, where: noble beast, heart · 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 (Bayard, many times), 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 | Yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 25 repented | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 looked | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 repented | advcl |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 Bayard | case |
| 6 | Bayard | Bayard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 looked | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 called | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 called | cc |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 called | aux |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 looked | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 mind | mark |
| 12 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 called | xcomp |
| 13 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 many | advmod |
| 14 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 times | amod |
| 15 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 mind | obj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 beast | det |
| 17 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 beast | amod |
| 18 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 saved | aux |
| 20 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 times | acl:relcl |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 life | nmod:poss |
| 22 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 saved | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 looked | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 repented | nsubj |
| 25 | repented | repent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 repented | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 purpose | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 purpose | nmod:poss |
| 29 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 repented | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 repented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | Bayard | upon Bayard | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon bayard=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | past · perfect | Bayard not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | mind | to-infinitive | Bayard not said here | time | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | save | past · perfect · passive | many times not said here | the noble beast | Bayard's life obj | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary life=Theme | |||
| 5 | repent | past | Bayard | heart | of Bayard's purpose | tree rules | |||
| 6 | purpose | Bayard | nom purpose «cognition 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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