Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 83

When the Duke perceived that the men had hold of him, having one of the chess pieces in his hand, to wit, the Queen, with which he was about to give mate to Yonnet, he drew back his arm and gave one of the men such a buffet on the head as killed him outright.

Who acts: Duke, men, one, buffet · What happens: perceive, have, wit, be, give, draw back · To what, where: hold, one, Queen, mate, Yonnet, arm

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 (Duke, men, one, buffet), 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 Duke	det
3	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 perceived	nsubj
4	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 drew	advcl
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 had	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 men	det
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 perceived	ccomp
9	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hold	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 having	punct
13	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 perceived	advcl
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 having	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 pieces	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 pieces	det
17	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pieces	compound
18	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 one	nmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 hand	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 hand	nmod:poss
21	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 pieces	nmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 wit	punct
23	to	to	PART	_	24 wit	mark
24	wit	wit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 having	xcomp
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 Queen	punct
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Queen	det
27	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 wit	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 about	punct
29	with	with	ADP	_	30 which	case
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 about	obl
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 about	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 about	cop
33	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 wit	parataxis
34	to	to	PART	_	35 give	mark
35	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 about	xcomp
36	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 give	obj
37	to	to	ADP	_	38 Yonnet	case
38	Yonnet	Yonnet	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 mate	nmod
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 perceived	punct
40	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 drew	nsubj
41	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
42	back	back	ADV	_	41 drew	advmod
43	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 arm	nmod:poss
44	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 drew	obj
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 gave	cc
46	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 drew	conj
47	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	46 gave	obj
48	of	of	ADP	_	50 men	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 men	det
50	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 one	nmod
51	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	53 buffet	det:predet
52	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 buffet	det
53	buffet	buffet	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 killed	nsubj
54	on	on	ADP	_	56 head	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 head	det
56	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 buffet	nmod
57	as	as	ADV	_	58 killed	advmod
58	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 men	acl:relcl
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 killed	obj
60	outright	outright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 killed	xcomp
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 drew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	perceive	past	the Duke				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	have	past	the men	hold of Duke			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Patient
3	have	gerund	the Duke not said here	one of the chess pieces in Duke's hand			tree rules
4	wit	to-infinitive	one of the chess pieces in Duke's hand not said here	the Queen			tree rules
5	is	past	Duke			which obl; about property	tree rules
6	give	to-infinitive	Duke not said here	mate	Yonnet		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mate=Theme to yonnet=Recipient
7	draw back	past	Duke	Duke's arm			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
8	give	past	Duke not said here	one of the men			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
9	kill	past	such buffet on the head	Duke		outright property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
10	hold			Duke			nom hold «act transitive»: of=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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 83