Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 22
"I am the more firmly resolved," said the King, "hearing what you say, that one of my knights shall meet him."
Who acts: King, you, one · What happens: resolve, say, hear, meet · To what, where: King · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (King, you, one), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 resolved | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 resolved | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 resolved | aux:pass |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 more | det |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 firmly | advmod |
| 6 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 7 resolved | advmod |
| 7 | resolved | resolve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 resolved | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 resolved | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hearing | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 hearing | punct |
| 15 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 said | advcl |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 say | obj |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 say | nsubj |
| 18 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 hearing | ccomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 meet | punct |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 meet | mark |
| 21 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 meet | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 knights | case |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 knights | nmod:poss |
| 24 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 one | nmod |
| 25 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 meet | aux |
| 26 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | parataxis |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 meet | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 meet | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 meet | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resolve in a quote | present · passive | the King = king | firmly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hear in a quote | gerund | the King not said here | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | you | what obj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 5 | meet in a quote | shall | one of my knights | King | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
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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