Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ralph Went to Court, sentence 83
So he dubbed Ralph the Charcoal-burner a knight, and gave him a revenue of £300 by the year, and "the next fee in France that shall come into my hands, that," said he, "will I give you.
Who acts: Rather, next fee · What happens: dub, give, come, say · To what, where: Ralph, revenue, Rather, hands, that, you · 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 (Rather, next fee), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 dubbed | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dubbed | nsubj |
| 3 | dubbed | dub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Ralph | Ralph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dubbed | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 burner | det |
| 6 | Charcoal | charcoal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 burner | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Charcoal | punct |
| 8 | burner | burner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dubbed | obj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 knight | det |
| 10 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dubbed | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 gave | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 gave | cc |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dubbed | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 gave | iobj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 revenue | det |
| 16 | revenue | revenue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 £ | case |
| 18 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 16 revenue | nmod |
| 19 | 300 | 300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 £ | nummod |
| 20 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 year | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 year | det |
| 22 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 come | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 come | cc |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 fee | punct |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 fee | det |
| 27 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 fee | amod |
| 28 | fee | fee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 come | nsubj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 France | case |
| 30 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 fee | nmod |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 33 come | nsubj |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 come | aux |
| 33 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dubbed | conj |
| 34 | into | into | ADP | _ | 36 hands | case |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 hands | nmod:poss |
| 36 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 come | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 said | punct |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 said | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 that | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 that | punct |
| 41 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dubbed | parataxis |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 give | nsubj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 he | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 give | punct |
| 45 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 give | aux |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 give | nsubj |
| 47 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 said | ccomp |
| 48 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 47 give | iobj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dubbed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dub | past | Rather | Ralph | the Charcoal burner obj; a knight obj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | give | past | Rather not said here | a revenue | Rather | year | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient revenue=Theme | ||
| 3 | come in a quote | shall | the next fee in France | my hands | that nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into hand=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | that | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | give in a quote | future | Rather | you | I nsubj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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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