Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Peace Was Made, sentence 94
When the Duke perceived that Reynaud was truly purposed to deal with him in this fashion, he said, "Suffer me now to send a messenger to the King." "
Who acts: Duke · What happens: perceive, purpose, deal, say, suffer, send · To what, where: Reynaud, fashion, Duke, messenger, King · 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), 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 | 19 said | advcl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 purposed | mark |
| 6 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 purposed | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 purposed | aux:pass |
| 8 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 9 purposed | advmod |
| 9 | purposed | purpose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 perceived | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 deal | mark |
| 11 | deal | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 purposed | xcomp |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 deal | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 fashion | case |
| 15 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 fashion | det |
| 16 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 deal | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 perceived | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Suffer | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Suffer | punct |
| 22 | Suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 said | ccomp |
| 23 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 Suffer | obj |
| 24 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 Suffer | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 send | mark |
| 26 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 Suffer | advcl |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 messenger | det |
| 28 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 send | obj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 King | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 King | det |
| 31 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 send | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 Suffer | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 Suffer | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | past | the Duke | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | purpose speech: other | past · passive | Reynaud | truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | deal | to-infinitive | this fashion | with Duke | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Duke | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | suffer in a quote | infinitive | Duke | now | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | send in a quote | to-infinitive | a messenger | the King | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to king=Destination |
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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