Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 80
Now, therefore, light off your horse and go into the tent, and take whatsoever you can find, nor shall any man say you nay; but for my oath's sake, I may not give you aught."
Who acts: you, man, I · What happens: light off, go, take, find, say, not give · To what, where: horse, tent, whatsoever, you, aught · 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 (you, man, I), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 light | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Now | punct |
| 3 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 5 light | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 therefore | punct |
| 5 | light | light | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 light | compound:prt |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 horse | nmod:poss |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 light | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 go | cc |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 light | conj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 tent | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tent | det |
| 13 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 take | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 take | cc |
| 16 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 light | parataxis |
| 17 | whatsoever | whatsoever | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 find | obj |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 find | nsubj |
| 19 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 find | aux |
| 20 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 take | ccomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 say | punct |
| 22 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 26 say | cc |
| 23 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 say | aux |
| 24 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 man | det |
| 25 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 say | nsubj |
| 26 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 take | conj |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 say | obj |
| 28 | nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 26 say | obj |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 give | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 give | cc |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 sake | case |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 oath | nmod:poss |
| 33 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 sake | nmod:poss |
| 34 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 33 oath | case |
| 35 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 give | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 sake | punct |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 give | nsubj |
| 38 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 give | aux |
| 39 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 give | advmod |
| 40 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 light | conj |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 give | iobj |
| 42 | aught | aught | PRON | PronType=Ind | 40 give | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 light | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 light | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light off | imperative | you not said here | your horse | now | therefore property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Product | ||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | the tent | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into tent=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | ||||||
| 4 | find | can | you | whatsoever | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatsoever=Topic | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | shall | any man | you | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme nay=Manner | ||||
| 6 | not give | may | I | aught | you | for my oath's sake | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient aught=Theme for sake=Asset |
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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