Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 46
When the King perceived this, he cried with a loud voice, "They fly; follow them with all speed; suffer them not to escape."
Who acts: King, Reynaud · What happens: perceive, cry, fly, follow, suffer, not escape · To what, where: this, 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, Reynaud), 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 perceived | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 perceived | nsubj |
| 4 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 perceived | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 perceived | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cried | nsubj |
| 8 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 voice | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 voice | det |
| 11 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 voice | amod |
| 12 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cried | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fly | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 fly | punct |
| 15 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fly | nsubj |
| 16 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 follow | punct |
| 18 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 fly | conj |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 follow | obj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 speed | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 speed | det |
| 22 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 follow | obl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 suffer | punct |
| 24 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 follow | conj |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 suffer | obj |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 escape | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 escape | mark |
| 28 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 suffer | conj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 cried | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | past | the King | this | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | King | with a loud voice | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | fly in a quote | present | Reynaud | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | follow in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | Reynaud | with all speed | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 5 | suffer in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | Reynaud | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | not escape in a quote | to-infinitive | Reynaud not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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