Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 86
Then the Duke said to Yonnet, "My child, you are fairly mated; as for these fellows they are drunken, I take it, to use me in such a fashion; but they have had their deserts," and he called to a servant that was there, saying, "Cast now these churls out of the window," and the man cast them out, fearing much, lest he should be dealt with in the same way.
Who acts: Duke, fellows, servant, man · What happens: say, mate, be, take, use, have · To what, where: Yonnet, child, Duke, fashion, deserts, servant · 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 (Duke, fellows, servant, man), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 said | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Duke | det |
| 3 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Yonnet | case |
| 6 | Yonnet | Yonnet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 mated | punct |
| 9 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 child | nmod:poss |
| 10 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 mated | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 child | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 mated | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 mated | aux:pass |
| 14 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | 15 mated | advmod |
| 15 | mated | mate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 said | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 drunken | punct |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 23 drunken | mark |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 fellows | case |
| 19 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 20 fellows | det |
| 20 | fellows | fellow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 drunken | obl |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 drunken | nsubj |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 drunken | cop |
| 23 | drunken | drunken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 mated | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 take | punct |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 take | nsubj |
| 26 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 drunken | parataxis |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 take | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 use | punct |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 use | mark |
| 30 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 26 take | conj |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 use | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 fashion | case |
| 33 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 35 fashion | det:predet |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 fashion | det |
| 35 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 use | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 had | punct |
| 37 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 had | cc |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 had | nsubj |
| 39 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 had | aux |
| 40 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 said | ccomp |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 deserts | nmod:poss |
| 42 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 had | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 had | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 had | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 called | cc |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 called | nsubj |
| 47 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 servant | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 servant | det |
| 50 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 called | obl |
| 51 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 there | nsubj |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 there | cop |
| 53 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 50 servant | acl:relcl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 saying | punct |
| 55 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 called | advcl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 Cast | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 Cast | punct |
| 58 | Cast | cast | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 saying | ccomp |
| 59 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 58 Cast | advmod |
| 60 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 61 churls | det |
| 61 | churls | churl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 Cast | obj |
| 62 | out | out | ADP | _ | 65 window | case |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 window | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 window | det |
| 65 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 Cast | obl |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 Cast | punct |
| 67 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 Cast | punct |
| 68 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 cast | cc |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 man | det |
| 70 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 cast | nsubj |
| 71 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 72 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 71 cast | obj |
| 73 | out | out | ADP | _ | 71 cast | compound:prt |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 fearing | punct |
| 75 | fearing | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 71 cast | advcl |
| 76 | much | much | ADV | _ | 75 fearing | advmod |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 dealt | punct |
| 78 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 82 dealt | mark |
| 79 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 82 dealt | nsubj |
| 80 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 82 dealt | aux |
| 81 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 82 dealt | aux:pass |
| 82 | dealt | deal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 71 cast | conj |
| 83 | with | with | ADP | _ | 87 way | case |
| 84 | in | in | ADP | _ | 87 way | case |
| 85 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 87 way | det |
| 86 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 87 way | amod |
| 87 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 82 dealt | obl |
| 88 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Duke | Yonnet | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to yonnet=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | mate in a quote | present · passive | My child | you nsubj; fairly property | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | fellows = fellow | for this fellows; drunken property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take in a quote | present | the Duke = duke | child | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 5 | use in a quote | to-infinitive | the Duke = duke not said here | the Duke = duke | such fashion | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | |||
| 6 | have in a quote | present · perfect | fellows = fellow | fellows's deserts | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient | ||||
| 7 | call | past | Duke | a servant | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to servant=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | is | past | a servant | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | say speech: assert | gerund | Duke not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 10 | cast in a quote | participle | this churls | the window | now | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent churl=Theme out window=Destination | |||
| 11 | cast out | past | the man | fellows = fellow | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product | ||||
| 12 | fear | gerund | the man not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 13 | deal | should · passive | Duke | with the same way | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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