Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Entertained the King, sentence 28
Kindle a great fire," said Ralph, "and take two capons of the best, that we may have good cheer," and he took the King by the hand, and would have him go before him into the house.
Who acts: Kindle, we, King · What happens: say, take, have, go · To what, where: two capons, good cheer, King, house · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Ralph Entertained the King. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kindle, we, King), 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 | Kindle | Kindle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fire | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fire | amod |
| 4 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kindle | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kindle | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kindle | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Ralph | Ralph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 take | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Ralph | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Ralph | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 take | cc |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 capons | nummod |
| 14 | capons | capon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 take | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 best | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 best | det |
| 17 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 capons | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 have | punct |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 have | mark |
| 20 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 have | nsubj |
| 21 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 have | aux |
| 22 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 take | conj |
| 23 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 cheer | amod |
| 24 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 have | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 take | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 take | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 took | cc |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 took | nsubj |
| 29 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | conj |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 King | det |
| 31 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obj |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 34 hand | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 hand | det |
| 34 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 have | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 have | cc |
| 37 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 have | aux |
| 38 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 took | conj |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 have | obj |
| 40 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 have | xcomp |
| 41 | before | before | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 go | obl |
| 43 | into | into | ADP | _ | 45 house | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 house | det |
| 45 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 go | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Kindle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take | infinitive | two capons of the best | Ralph vocative | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capon=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have | may | we | good cheer | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheer=Patient | ||||
| 4 | take in a quote | past | Kindle | the King | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument king=Destination | |||
| 5 | have in a quote | would | Kindle not said here | King | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | go in a quote | infinitive | King not said here | the house | before Ralph | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial_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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