Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Went to Court, sentence 47
But say that it does not lie within your office to go to this Wymond, but that he must himself seek him."
Who acts: you, gate, porter · What happens: say, not lie, go, seek · To what, where: Wymond · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Ralph Went to Court. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, gate, porter), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 2 say | cc |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 lie | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lie | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lie | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 lie | advmod |
| 7 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | ccomp |
| 8 | within | within | ADP | _ | 10 office | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 office | nmod:poss |
| 10 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lie | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 go | mark |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 lie | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Wymond | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 Wymond | det |
| 15 | Wymond | Wymond | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 go | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 seek | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 seek | cc |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 seek | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 seek | nsubj |
| 20 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 seek | aux |
| 21 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 22 seek | nsubj |
| 22 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | conj |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 seek | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not lie | present · do-support | gate | within your office | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | gate not said here | this Wymond | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wymond=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | seek | must | porter | Wymond | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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