Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 84
After this he took a rook from the board, and gave another yeoman such a stroke that his skull was broken; to a third he dealt a great blow with his fist and slew him.
Who acts: Duke · What happens: take, give, break, deal, slay · To what, where: rook, board, yeoman, skull, great blow, third
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), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 took | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rook | det |
| 6 | rook | rook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 board | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 board | det |
| 9 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 gave | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 gave | cc |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 13 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 yeoman | det |
| 14 | yeoman | yeoman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obj |
| 15 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 stroke | det:predet |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 stroke | det |
| 17 | stroke | stroke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obj |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 broken | obj |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 skull | nmod:poss |
| 20 | skull | skull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 broken | aux:pass |
| 22 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 stroke | acl:relcl |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 dealt | punct |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 third | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 third | det |
| 26 | third | third | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 dealt | obl |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 dealt | nsubj |
| 28 | dealt | deal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 blow | det |
| 30 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 blow | amod |
| 31 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 dealt | obj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 fist | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 fist | nmod:poss |
| 34 | fist | fist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 blow | nmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 slew | cc |
| 36 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 dealt | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 slew | obj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Duke | a rook | the board | after this | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent rook=Theme from board=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | give | past | Duke not said here | another yeoman | such stroke obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent yeoman=Recipient stroke=Theme | |||
| 3 | break | past · passive | Duke's skull | such stroke obj | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient that=Result | ||||
| 4 | deal | past | Duke | a great blow | a third | with Duke's fist | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent blow=Theme to third=Recipient | ||
| 5 | slay | past | Duke not said here | Duke | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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