Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Entertained the King, sentence 35
And when the King held back, he cried, "Now this is the second time," and smote him suddenly under the ear with his right hand, so strongly that he staggered half across the chamber, and fell to the ground.
Who acts: King, this · What happens: hold back, cry, be, smite, stagger, fall · To what, where: second time, King, ear, chamber · 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 (King, 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cried | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 held | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 held | nsubj |
| 5 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 cried | advcl |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 held | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 held | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 cried | nsubj |
| 9 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 time | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 time | punct |
| 12 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 time | advmod |
| 13 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 time | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 time | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 time | det |
| 16 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 17 time | amod |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cried | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 time | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 time | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 smote | cc |
| 21 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 cried | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 smote | obj |
| 23 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 21 smote | advmod |
| 24 | under | under | ADP | _ | 26 ear | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ear | det |
| 26 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 smote | obl |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 hand | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 hand | nmod:poss |
| 29 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 hand | amod |
| 30 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 smote | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 staggered | punct |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 33 strongly | advmod |
| 33 | strongly | strongly | ADV | _ | 36 staggered | advmod |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 staggered | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 staggered | nsubj |
| 36 | staggered | stagger | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 cried | conj |
| 37 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 36 staggered | advmod |
| 38 | across | across | ADP | _ | 40 chamber | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 chamber | det |
| 40 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 staggered | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 fell | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 fell | cc |
| 43 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 cried | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 ground | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 ground | det |
| 46 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 fell | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold back | past | the King | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | King | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | this | the second time | now | tree rules | |||
| 4 | smite | past | King not said here | King | the ear | with King's right hand; suddenly property | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hand=Instrument | ||
| 5 | stagger | past | King | the chamber | half, strongly property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across chamber=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | fall | past | King not said here | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme |
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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