Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Entertained the King, sentence 37
To his guest he said, "Now this is the second time that you have been lacking in courtesy, first by the door, and then at the table.
Who acts: King, this, second time · What happens: say, be, lack · To what, where: guest, table, second time, courtesy · 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, second time), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 guest | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 guest | nmod:poss |
| 3 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 time | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 time | punct |
| 8 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 time | advmod |
| 9 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 time | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 time | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 time | det |
| 12 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 13 time | amod |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 lacking | nsubj |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 lacking | nsubj |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 lacking | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 lacking | aux |
| 18 | lacking | lack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 time | acl:relcl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 courtesy | case |
| 20 | courtesy | courtesy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lacking | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 first | punct |
| 22 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 18 lacking | advmod |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 door | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 door | det |
| 25 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lacking | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 table | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 table | cc |
| 28 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 table | advmod |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 table | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 table | det |
| 31 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | King | King's guest | the table | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to guest=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | this | the second time | now | tree rules | |||
| 3 | lack in a quote | present · perfect · progressive | the second time | courtesy | by the door; you nsubj; first property | 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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