Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Entertained the King, sentence 42
Nevertheless for peace' sake he did as he was bid, and giving his hand to the dame, led her to the table.
Who acts: King · What happens: do, bid, give, lead · To what, where: sake, King, hand, dame, churl, table
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), 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 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 21 led | advmod |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 peace | case |
| 3 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 led | obl |
| 4 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 sake | punct |
| 5 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 peace | conj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sake | acl:relcl |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 bid | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 bid | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 bid | aux:pass |
| 11 | bid | bid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 did | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 giving | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 giving | cc |
| 14 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 bid | advcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hand | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 giving | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 dame | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 dame | det |
| 19 | dame | dame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 giving | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 peace | punct |
| 21 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 led | obj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 table | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 table | det |
| 25 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 led | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | King | sake not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bid | past · passive | King | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | give | gerund | King's hand | the dame | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to dame=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | lead | past | churl | the table | for peace and sake; nevertheless property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to table=Destination |
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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