Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 61
He answered, "My lords, I am glad with all my heart to see you; nevertheless I marvel much at the King's message.
Who acts: King · What happens: answer, be, see, marvel · To what, where: lords, you, message · 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), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 answered | nsubj |
| 2 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lords | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 lords | punct |
| 5 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lords | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 answered | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 glad | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 glad | nsubj |
| 9 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 glad | cop |
| 10 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 answered | conj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 heart | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 heart | det:predet |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 heart | nmod:poss |
| 14 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 glad | obl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 see | mark |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 glad | advcl |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 see | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 marvel | punct |
| 19 | nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 21 marvel | advmod |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 marvel | nsubj |
| 21 | marvel | marvel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 answered | conj |
| 22 | much | much | ADV | _ | 21 marvel | advmod |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 message | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 King | det |
| 25 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 message | nmod:poss |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 King | case |
| 27 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 marvel | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 answered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | past | King | My lords | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | King | with my heart; glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see in a quote | to-infinitive | King not said here | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | marvel in a quote | present | King | the King's message | nevertheless property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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