Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Entertained the King, sentence 68
The next day as soon as it was light, the King rose from the bed and dressed himself without help, for, indeed, he had neither valet nor squire.
Who acts: courtesy, King · What happens: be, rise, dress, have · To what, where: bed, King, valet
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 (courtesy, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 day | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 day | amod |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rose | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 soon | advmod |
| 5 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 day | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 light | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 light | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 light | cop |
| 9 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 soon | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 day | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 rose | nsubj |
| 13 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 bed | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bed | det |
| 16 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rose | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 dressed | cc |
| 18 | dressed | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 rose | conj |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 dressed | obj |
| 20 | without | without | ADP | _ | 21 help | case |
| 21 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 dressed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 indeed | punct |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 indeed | case |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 for | punct |
| 25 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 18 dressed | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 had | punct |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 had | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 rose | conj |
| 29 | neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 30 valet | det |
| 30 | valet | valet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 had | obj |
| 31 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 32 squire | cc |
| 32 | squire | squire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 valet | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | courtesy | light property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | rise | past | the King | the bed | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | dress | past | the King not said here | King | without help; indeed property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | |||
| 4 | have | past | King | neither valet nor squire | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valet=Patient |
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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