Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 34
But Ogier the Dane said, "Now, Roland, you did ill to threaten your uncle, whom you are bound to honour above all men." "
Who acts: Ogier, you · What happens: say, do, threaten, bind, honour · To what, where: Roland, uncle, you · 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 (Ogier, you), 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 | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 2 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Dane | det |
| 4 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Ogier | appos |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Roland | punct |
| 8 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 Roland | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Roland | punct |
| 10 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 did | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 did | nsubj |
| 13 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 Roland | acl:relcl |
| 14 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 did | xcomp |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 threaten | mark |
| 16 | threaten | threaten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 ill | advcl |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 18 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 threaten | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 bound | punct |
| 20 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 bound | obj |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 bound | nsubj |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 bound | aux:pass |
| 23 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 uncle | acl:relcl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 honour | mark |
| 25 | honour | honour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 bound | xcomp |
| 26 | above | above | ADP | _ | 28 men | case |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 men | det |
| 28 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 honour | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 Roland | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Roland | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Roland | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Ogier | Roland parataxis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | you | Roland not said here | ill property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roland=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | threaten in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | your uncle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus uncle=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | bind in a quote | present · passive | you | your uncle obj | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | honour in a quote | to-infinitive | above all men | tree rules |
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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