Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 106
And now the King was at last brought to a better mind, for he said to a knight that waited on him, "Ride now as fast as you may, and when you come to the Peers tell them that I will listen to their counsel."
Who acts: King, knight, Peers · What happens: be, bring, say, wait, ride, come · To what, where: better mind, knight, Reynaud · Speech: someone speaks here
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, knight, 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 last | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 last | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 last | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 last | cop |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 last | case |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 last | acl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 mind | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 mind | det |
| 11 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 mind | amod |
| 12 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brought | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 said | punct |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 said | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 said | nsubj |
| 16 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 last | parataxis |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 knight | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 knight | det |
| 19 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 said | obl |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 waited | nsubj |
| 21 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 knight | acl:relcl |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 waited | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Ride | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Ride | punct |
| 26 | Ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 waited | conj |
| 27 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 Ride | advmod |
| 28 | as | as | ADV | _ | 29 fast | advmod |
| 29 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 26 Ride | advmod |
| 30 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 32 may | mark |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 may | nsubj |
| 32 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 fast | advcl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 come | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 come | cc |
| 35 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 37 come | advmod |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 come | nsubj |
| 37 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 said | conj |
| 38 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 41 tell | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Peers | det |
| 40 | Peers | peer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 tell | nsubj |
| 41 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 come | advcl |
| 42 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 tell | iobj |
| 43 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 listen | mark |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 listen | nsubj |
| 45 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 listen | aux |
| 46 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 tell | advcl |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 counsel | case |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 counsel | nmod:poss |
| 49 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 listen | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 last | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 last | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the King | now | last property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | bring | participle | a better mind | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to mind=Destination | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | King | a knight | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to knight=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | wait | past | a knight | on King | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on he=Location | ||||
| 5 | ride in a quote | infinitive | a knight not said here | now | fast property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | come in a quote | present | a knight = knight | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present | the Peers | Reynaud | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | listen in a quote | future | King | to Reynaud's counsel | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to counsel=Theme |
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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