Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Reynaud's End, sentence 43
The next day he went to his work, and this he did many days, taking for his wage but one penny only.
Who acts: Reynaud, this · What happens: go, do, take, work · To what, where: work
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, this), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 work | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 work | nmod:poss |
| 8 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 did | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 did | cc |
| 11 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 did | nsubj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 did | nsubj |
| 13 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 went | conj |
| 14 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 days | amod |
| 15 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 did | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 taking | punct |
| 17 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 did | advcl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 wage | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 wage | nmod:poss |
| 20 | wage | wage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taking | obl |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 penny | cc |
| 22 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 penny | nummod |
| 23 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 wage | conj |
| 24 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 taking | advmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Reynaud | Reynaud's work | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | do | past | this | day | Reynaud nsubj | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | take | gerund | this not said here | for Reynaud's wage but one penny | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for wage=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | work | Reynaud | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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