Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Entertained the King, sentence 69
Then his palfrey was brought to him, which when he had mounted, he called to Ralph, where he lay, for he would take his leave in friendly fashion, as was fitting in one that had had such good cheer.
Who acts: King, that · What happens: bring, mount, call, lie, take, fit · To what, where: palfrey, King, leave, friendly fashion, such good cheer · 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, that), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 brought | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 palfrey | nmod:poss |
| 3 | palfrey | palfrey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 brought | aux:pass |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 brought | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mounted | punct |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 mounted | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 mounted | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 mounted | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 mounted | aux |
| 13 | mounted | mount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 brought | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 called | punct |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 called | nsubj |
| 16 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 mounted | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 Ralph | mark |
| 18 | Ralph | Ralph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 called | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 lay | punct |
| 20 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 22 lay | advmod |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 lay | nsubj |
| 22 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 Ralph | acl:relcl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 take | punct |
| 24 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 take | mark |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 take | nsubj |
| 26 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 take | aux |
| 27 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 lay | ccomp |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 leave | nmod:poss |
| 29 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 take | obj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 fashion | case |
| 31 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 fashion | amod |
| 32 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 take | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 fitting | punct |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 36 fitting | mark |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 fitting | aux |
| 36 | fitting | fit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 take | advcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 one | case |
| 38 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 had | obl |
| 39 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 had | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 had | aux |
| 41 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 fitting | ccomp |
| 42 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 cheer | amod |
| 43 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 cheer | amod |
| 44 | cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 had | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · passive | King's palfrey | King | then | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | |||
| 2 | mount | past · perfect · passive | which nsubj:pass; King nsubj | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | call | past | King | Ralph xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | lie | past | King | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | take | would | King | King's leave | friendly fashion | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leave=Value in fashion=Location | |||
| 6 | fit | past · progressive | King not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | have | past · perfect | that | such good cheer | in one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheer=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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