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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 73

When Reynaud saw the Duke Aymon he said to him, "For pity's sake, my father, give me food, for my wife and my children and my brothers and all my people are dying of hunger.

Who acts: Reynaud, people · What happens: see, say, give, die · To what, where: Duke Aymon, Bayard, food, Reynaud · 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 (Reynaud, people), 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

advmodnsubjadvcldetcompoundobjnsubjcaseoblpunctpunctcasenmod:posscaseoblpunctnmod:possconjpunctccompiobjobjpunctcasenmod:possoblccnmod:possconjccnmod:possconjccdet:predetnmod:possnsubjauxconjcaseoblpunctrootWhenADVReynaudPROPNsawVERBtheDETDukePROPNAymonPROPNhePRONsaidVERBtoADPhimPRON,PUNCT"PUNCTForADPpityNOUN'sPARTsakeNOUN,PUNCTmyPRONfatherNOUN,PUNCTgiveVERBmePRONfoodNOUN,PUNCTforADPmyPRONwifeNOUNandCCONJmyPRONchildrenNOUNandCCONJmyPRONbrothersNOUNandCCONJallDETmyPRONpeopleNOUNareAUXdyingVERBofADPhungerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 sawadvmod
2ReynaudReynaudPROPNNumber=Sing3 sawnsubj
3sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 saidadvcl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Aymondet
5DukeDukePROPNNumber=Sing6 Aymoncompound
6AymonAymonPROPNNumber=Sing3 sawobj
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 saidnsubj
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9totoADP_10 himcase
10himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 saidobl
11,,PUNCT_21 givepunct
12""PUNCT_21 givepunct
13ForforADP_16 sakecase
14pitypityNOUNNumber=Sing16 sakenmod:poss
15's'sPART_14 pitycase
16sakesakeNOUNNumber=Sing21 giveobl
17,,PUNCT_19 fatherpunct
18mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 fathernmod:poss
19fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing16 sakeconj
20,,PUNCT_16 sakepunct
21givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf8 saidccomp
22meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs21 giveiobj
23foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing21 giveobj
24,,PUNCT_27 wifepunct
25forforADP_27 wifecase
26mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 wifenmod:poss
27wifewifeNOUNNumber=Sing21 giveobl
28andandCCONJ_30 childrencc
29mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 childrennmod:poss
30childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur27 wifeconj
31andandCCONJ_33 brotherscc
32mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs33 brothersnmod:poss
33brothersbrotherNOUNNumber=Plur27 wifeconj
34andandCCONJ_39 dyingcc
35allallDETPronType=Tot37 peopledet:predet
36mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 peoplenmod:poss
37peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur39 dyingnsubj
38arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin39 dyingaux
39dyingdieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part21 giveconj
40ofofADP_41 hungercase
41hungerhungerNOUNNumber=Sing39 dyingobl
42..PUNCT_8 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastReynaudthe Duke Aymonvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aymon=Stimulus
2say speech: assertpastReynaudBayardvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic
3give in a quoteinfinitivefoodReynaudfor pity's sake and my father; for my wife and my children and my brothersvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient food=Theme for sake=Asset
4die in a quotepresent · progressivemy peopleof hungervn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of hunger=Causer

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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