Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Reynaud's End, sentence 51
In any case, the good horse was not harmed, for he brake with his feet the stone from off his neck, and swimming to the shore, escaped to the forest of Ardennes, where he lived for many years, but suffered neither man nor woman to come near him.
Who acts: horse · What happens: not harm, swim, escape, live, suffer, come · To what, where: good horse, case, shore, forest, man
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 (horse), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 case | case |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 case | det |
| 3 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 harmed | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 case | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 horse | amod |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 harmed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 harmed | aux:pass |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 harmed | advmod |
| 10 | harmed | harm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 brake | punct |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 brake | case |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 brake | nsubj |
| 14 | brake | brake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 harmed | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 feet | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 feet | nmod:poss |
| 17 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 brake | nmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 stone | det |
| 19 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 harmed | obj |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 neck | case |
| 21 | off | off | ADP | _ | 23 neck | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 neck | nmod:poss |
| 23 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 harmed | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 escaped | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 escaped | cc |
| 26 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 escaped | advcl |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 shore | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 shore | det |
| 29 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 swimming | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 swimming | punct |
| 31 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 harmed | parataxis |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 forest | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 forest | det |
| 34 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 escaped | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Ardennes | case |
| 36 | Ardennes | Ardennes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 forest | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 lived | punct |
| 38 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 40 lived | advmod |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 lived | nsubj |
| 40 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 Ardennes | acl:relcl |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 years | case |
| 42 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 years | amod |
| 43 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 lived | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 suffered | punct |
| 45 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 46 suffered | cc |
| 46 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 escaped | conj |
| 47 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 48 man | det |
| 48 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 suffered | obj |
| 49 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 50 woman | cc |
| 50 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 man | conj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 come | mark |
| 52 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 suffered | advcl |
| 53 | near | near | ADP | _ | 54 him | case |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 come | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 harmed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not harm | past · passive | the good horse | any case | for brake horse with horse's feet; from horse's neck; the stone obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer stone=Result | |||
| 2 | swim | gerund | the shore | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination | |||||
| 3 | escape | past | the forest of Ardennes | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial_Location | |||||
| 4 | live | past | horse | year | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | suffer | past | neither man nor woman | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | come | to-infinitive | near horse | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location |
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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