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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 saw | advmod |
| 2 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Aymon | det |
| 5 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Aymon | compound |
| 6 | Aymon | Aymon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 give | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 give | punct |
| 13 | For | for | ADP | _ | 16 sake | case |
| 14 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sake | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 pity | case |
| 16 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 give | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 father | punct |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 father | nmod:poss |
| 19 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sake | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sake | punct |
| 21 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 22 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 give | iobj |
| 23 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 give | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 wife | punct |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 wife | case |
| 26 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 wife | nmod:poss |
| 27 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 give | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 children | cc |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 children | nmod:poss |
| 30 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 wife | conj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 brothers | cc |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 33 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 wife | conj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 dying | cc |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 people | det:predet |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 people | nmod:poss |
| 37 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 dying | nsubj |
| 38 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 dying | aux |
| 39 | dying | die | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 give | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 hunger | case |
| 41 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 dying | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Reynaud | the Duke Aymon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aymon=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Reynaud | Bayard | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | give in a quote | infinitive | food | Reynaud | for pity's sake and my father; for my wife and my children and my brothers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent i=Recipient food=Theme for sake=Asset | |||
| 4 | die in a quote | present · progressive | my people | of hunger | vn 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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