Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 54
Oliver rode up to the King's tent and saluted him, saying, "My lord, I have served you faithfully for these three years past without reward or wages.
Who acts: Oliver · What happens: ride up, salute, say, serve · To what, where: tent, King, lord, 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 (Oliver), 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 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 rode | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 tent | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 tent | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 saluted | cc |
| 10 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 rode | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saluted | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 13 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 saluted | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 lord | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 lord | punct |
| 16 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 lord | nmod:poss |
| 17 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 saying | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 served | punct |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 served | nsubj |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 served | aux |
| 21 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 saying | ccomp |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 served | obj |
| 23 | faithfully | faithfully | ADV | _ | 21 served | advmod |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 years | case |
| 25 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 27 years | det |
| 26 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 years | nummod |
| 27 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 served | obl |
| 28 | past | past | ADV | _ | 27 years | advmod |
| 29 | without | without | ADP | _ | 30 reward | case |
| 30 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 served | obl |
| 31 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 wages | cc |
| 32 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 reward | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride up | past | Oliver | the King's tent | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to tent=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | salute | past | Oliver not said here | King | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | Oliver not said here | My lord | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | serve in a quote | present · perfect | Oliver | you | year | without reward or wages; faithfully property | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Attribute |
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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