Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Went to Court, sentence 50
Said Ralph, "If you will not seek the man, I must needs do it myself; see you then that no harm come to the mare and the coals, and I will look for Wymond, for certainly it was he that bade me come hither."
Who acts: you, porter, harm · What happens: not seek, do, see, come, look, be · To what, where: man, leisure, you
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, porter, harm), 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 | Said | Said | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 seek | vocative |
| 2 | Ralph | Ralph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Said | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Said | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 seek | punct |
| 5 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 seek | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 seek | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 seek | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 seek | advmod |
| 9 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seek | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 do | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 do | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 do | aux |
| 15 | needs | need | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 do | nsubj |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 seek | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 do | obj |
| 18 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 16 do | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 see | punct |
| 20 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 seek | parataxis |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 see | obj |
| 22 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 see | advmod |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 come | mark |
| 24 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 25 harm | det |
| 25 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 come | nsubj |
| 26 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 see | advcl |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 mare | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 mare | det |
| 29 | mare | mare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 come | obl |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 coals | cc |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 coals | det |
| 32 | coals | coal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 mare | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 look | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 look | cc |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 look | nsubj |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 look | aux |
| 37 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 seek | parataxis |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 Wymond | case |
| 39 | Wymond | Wymond | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 look | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 bade | punct |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 certainly | case |
| 42 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 47 bade | obl |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 bade | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 bade | cop |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 bade | nsubj |
| 46 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 45 he | obj |
| 47 | bade | bade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 look | conj |
| 48 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 bade | obj |
| 49 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 bade | xcomp |
| 50 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 49 come | advmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 seek | punct |
| 52 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 seek | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not seek in a quote | future | you | the man | Said vocative | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | |||
| 2 | do in a quote | must | the porter = porter | leisure | myself obl:unmarked; needs nsubj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | see in a quote | infinitive | you | then | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | come in a quote | infinitive | no harm | to the mare and the coals | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mare=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | look in a quote | future | the porter = porter | for Wymond | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wymond=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | past | harm | man nsubj; me obj; bade property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | come in a quote | infinitive | harm not said here | hither property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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