Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Reynaud's End, sentence 25
How these two fared at the King's Court, how they were in great favour with the King, and how they overcame their enemies--for the children of a certain lord that had hated their father sought to do them an injury--cannot be told in this place.
Who acts: two, words, children · What happens: fare, be, overcome, hate, seek, do · To what, where: Court, great favour, enemies, certain lord, words, injury · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (two, words, children), 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 fared | advmod |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 two | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 fared | nsubj |
| 4 | fared | fare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Court | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Court | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 King | case |
| 9 | Court | Court | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fared | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 favour | punct |
| 11 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 favour | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 favour | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 favour | cop |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 favour | case |
| 15 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 favour | amod |
| 16 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Court | appos |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 King | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 King | det |
| 19 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 favour | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 sought | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 sought | cc |
| 22 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 overcame | advmod |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 overcame | nsubj |
| 24 | overcame | overcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 sought | advcl |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 26 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 overcame | obj |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 24 overcame | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 children | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 children | det |
| 30 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 sought | nsubj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 lord | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 lord | det |
| 33 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 lord | amod |
| 34 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 children | nmod |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 hated | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 hated | aux |
| 37 | hated | hate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 lord | acl:relcl |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 father | nmod:poss |
| 39 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 hated | obj |
| 40 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fared | conj |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 do | mark |
| 42 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 sought | xcomp |
| 43 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 do | obj |
| 44 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 injury | det |
| 45 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 do | obj |
| 46 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 50 told | punct |
| 47 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 told | aux |
| 48 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 50 told | advmod |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 told | aux:pass |
| 50 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 injury | acl |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 place | case |
| 52 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 53 place | det |
| 53 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 told | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 fared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fare | past | this two | the King's Court | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | words = word | great favour | with the King | tree rules | |||
| 3 | overcome | past | words = word | words's enemies | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot enemy=Theme | ||||
| 4 | hate | past · perfect · passive | a certain lord | words's father obj | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | seek | past | the children of a certain lord | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | the children of a certain lord not said here | words = word | a injury obj | tree rules | |||
| 7 | not tell speech: assert | can · passive | a injury not said here | this place | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
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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