Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Reynaud's End, sentence 9
That is well," said Reynaud, but perceiving that his brethren were troubled, he bade them tell him the truth, for "I see," said he, "that you have heavy tidings."
Who acts: Reynaud, brethren, I · What happens: be, perceive, bade, tell, see, say · To what, where: brethren, truth, Reynaud, that · 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 (Reynaud, brethren, I), 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 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 said | ccomp |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | cop |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 said | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 well | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 said | ccomp |
| 7 | Reynaud | Reynaud | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 perceiving | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 perceiving | cc |
| 10 | perceiving | perceive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 said | advcl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 troubled | mark |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 13 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 troubled | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 troubled | cop |
| 15 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 perceiving | advcl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bade | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 bade | nsubj |
| 18 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 said | parataxis |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 bade | obj |
| 20 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 bade | xcomp |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 tell | iobj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 truth | det |
| 23 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 tell | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 28 see | mark |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 see | nsubj |
| 28 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 bade | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 see | punct |
| 31 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 have | nsubj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 he | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 have | punct |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 have | obj |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 have | nsubj |
| 37 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 said | ccomp |
| 38 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 tidings | amod |
| 39 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 have | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 31 said | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Reynaud | That ccomp; say, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | perceive in a quote | gerund | Reynaud not said here | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | Reynaud's brethren | troubled property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | bade in a quote | past | Reynaud | brethren | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | Reynaud not said here | the truth | Reynaud | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient truth=Topic | |||
| 6 | see | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 8 | have | present | Reynaud | that | you nsubj; heavy tidings obj | tree rules |
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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