Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Reynaud's End, sentence 19
All this Reynaud divided among his brethren, keeping for himself the castle of Montalban, and this for a time only, for he was resolved to give up all worldly things.
Who acts: Reynaud · What happens: divide, keep, resolve, give up · To what, where: this, castle, Reynaud, worldly things
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Reynaud's End. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Reynaud), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 this | det:predet |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Reynaud | det |
| 3 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 divided | nsubj |
| 4 | divided | divide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | among | among | ADP | _ | 7 brethren | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 divided | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 keeping | punct |
| 9 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 divided | advcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 himself | case |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 keeping | obl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 castle | det |
| 13 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 keeping | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Montalban | case |
| 15 | Montalban | Montalban | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 castle | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 this | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 this | cc |
| 18 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 divided | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 time | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 divided | obl |
| 22 | only | only | ADV | _ | 21 time | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 resolved | punct |
| 24 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 resolved | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 resolved | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 resolved | aux:pass |
| 27 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 divided | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 give | mark |
| 29 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 resolved | xcomp |
| 30 | up | up | ADP | _ | 29 give | compound:prt |
| 31 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 things | det |
| 32 | worldly | worldly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 things | amod |
| 33 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 give | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 divided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divide | past | this Reynaud | this | time | among Reynaud's brethren | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||
| 2 | keep | gerund | this Reynaud not said here | the castle of Montalban | for Reynaud | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | |||
| 3 | resolve | past · passive | Reynaud | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | give up | to-infinitive | all worldly things | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Source |
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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