Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 37
When the King saw this he charged with all his might against his adversaries, slaying a knight at each blow.
Who acts: King · What happens: see, charge, slay · To what, where: this, knight, blow
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), 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 | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 charged | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 charged | nsubj |
| 7 | charged | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 adversaries | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 adversaries | det:predet |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 adversaries | nmod:poss |
| 11 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 adversaries | aux |
| 12 | against | against | ADP | _ | 14 adversaries | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 adversaries | nmod:poss |
| 14 | adversaries | adversary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 charged | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 slaying | punct |
| 16 | slaying | slay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 charged | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 knight | det |
| 18 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 slaying | obj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 blow | case |
| 20 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 blow | det |
| 21 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 slaying | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 charged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the King | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | charge | past | King | with King's adversaries | vn equip-13.4.2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with adversary=Theme | ||||
| 3 | slay | gerund | King not said here | a knight | each blow | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Patient |
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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