Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 100
When these messages were delivered (but the King knew not that Richard had sent to the Peers) there was great debate, for the King hardened his heart as he had done before, and the Peers were urgent with him that he should turn from his anger.
Who acts: King, great debate, Peers · What happens: deliver, not know, send, be, harden, do · To what, where: messages, Richard, Peers, heart, anger
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Peace Was Made. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, great debate, Peers), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 5 delivered | mark |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 messages | det |
| 3 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 delivered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delivered | aux:pass |
| 5 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 10 knew | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 knew | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 knew | nsubj |
| 10 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delivered | conj |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 knew | advmod |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 sent | mark |
| 13 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | aux |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 knew | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 Peers | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Peers | det |
| 18 | Peers | peer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 sent | obl |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 15 sent | punct |
| 20 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 21 was | expl |
| 21 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | conj |
| 22 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 debate | amod |
| 23 | debate | debate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 was | nsubj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 hardened | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 28 hardened | mark |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 King | det |
| 27 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 hardened | nsubj |
| 28 | hardened | harden | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 was | parataxis |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 heart | nmod:poss |
| 30 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 hardened | obj |
| 31 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 34 done | mark |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 done | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 done | aux |
| 34 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 hardened | advcl |
| 35 | before | before | ADV | _ | 34 done | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 urgent | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 urgent | cc |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Peers | det |
| 39 | Peers | Peer | PROPN | Number=Plur | 41 urgent | nsubj |
| 40 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 urgent | cop |
| 41 | urgent | urgent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 delivered | parataxis |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 him | case |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 urgent | obl |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 47 turn | mark |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 turn | nsubj |
| 46 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 turn | aux |
| 47 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 urgent | advcl |
| 48 | from | from | ADP | _ | 50 anger | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 anger | nmod:poss |
| 50 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 turn | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 delivered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | past · passive | this messages | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not know | past | the King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | send | past · perfect · passive | Richard | the Peers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to peer=Destination | ||||
| 4 | be | past | great debate | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | harden | past | the King | King's heart | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ||||
| 6 | do | past · perfect | King | before property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | is | past | the Peers | with King; urgent property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | turn | should | King | King's anger | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from anger=Trajectory | ||||
| 9 | anger | King | nom anger «feeling 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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