Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of What Befell At Montalban, sentence 9
When they told what had happened to Roland and the other Barons they were not a little astonished, and Ogier the Dane said, "All this trouble comes through the King's rage against the brethren, for indeed it is beyond all measure.
Who acts: others, Ogier, trouble, King · What happens: tell, happen, not be, say, come, be · To what, where: Roland, rage · 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 (others, Ogier, trouble, 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 told | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 told | nsubj |
| 3 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 said | advcl |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 happened | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 happened | aux |
| 6 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 told | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Roland | case |
| 8 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 happened | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Barons | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Barons | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Barons | amod |
| 12 | Barons | Baron | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 Roland | conj |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 astonished | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 astonished | cop |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 astonished | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 little | det |
| 17 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 astonished | obl:unmarked |
| 18 | astonished | astonished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 told | ccomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 said | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 said | cc |
| 21 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 said | nsubj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Dane | det |
| 23 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Ogier | appos |
| 24 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 comes | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 comes | punct |
| 27 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 trouble | det:predet |
| 28 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 trouble | det |
| 29 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 comes | nsubj |
| 30 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 said | ccomp |
| 31 | through | through | ADP | _ | 35 rage | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 King | det |
| 33 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 rage | nmod:poss |
| 34 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 33 King | case |
| 35 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 comes | obl |
| 36 | against | against | ADP | _ | 38 brethren | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 brethren | det |
| 38 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 rage | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 measure | punct |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 indeed | case |
| 41 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 46 measure | obl |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 measure | nsubj |
| 43 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 measure | cop |
| 44 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 46 measure | case |
| 45 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 measure | det |
| 46 | measure | measure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 comes | parataxis |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | others = other | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | happen | past · perfect | Roland and the other Barons | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not is | past | others = other | a little obl:unmarked; astonished property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Ogier | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | come in a quote | present | all trouble | the King's rage against the brethren | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through rage=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | trouble | beyond all measure | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | rage in a quote | the King | against the brethren | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent against=obl |
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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