Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 13
And if these dare not come alone then let two others come together with them; and if the four be afraid let six come.
Who acts: these, you, two others, four, six · What happens: not dare, not come, let, come together, be, come · To what, where: six
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Fierabras Defied King Charles. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (these, you, two others, four), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 let | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 dare | mark |
| 3 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 dare | nsubj |
| 4 | dare | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 let | advcl |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 dare | advmod |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dare | xcomp |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 come | advmod |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 let | advmod |
| 9 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 others | nummod |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 come | nsubj |
| 12 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 let | xcomp |
| 13 | together | together | ADV | _ | 12 come | advmod |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 come | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 afraid | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 afraid | cc |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 22 afraid | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 four | det |
| 20 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 afraid | nsubj |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 afraid | cop |
| 22 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 let | advcl |
| 23 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 afraid | ccomp |
| 24 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 let | obj |
| 25 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 let | xcomp |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not dare a condition, not said to happen | present | these | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not come | infinitive | these not said here | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | let | imperative | you not said here | then | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | come together | present | two others | with Oliver; together property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | the four | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | let | infinitive | the four not said here | six | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | come | infinitive | six not said here | 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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