Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 67
But mark you this: I swear by my faith that if he be slain or taken in this battle, then not all the gold in the world can save you from a shameful death; aye, and all your house shall perish with you."
Who acts: you, I, Ganelon, gold, house · What happens: mark, swear, be, take, save, perish · To what, where: you, battle, shameful death
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 (you, I, Ganelon, gold), 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 | _ | 2 mark | cc |
| 2 | mark | mark | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 mark | obj |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 mark | obj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 swear | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 swear | nsubj |
| 7 | swear | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 mark | advcl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 faith | case |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 faith | nmod:poss |
| 10 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swear | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 save | mark |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 slain | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 slain | nsubj |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 slain | cop |
| 15 | slain | slain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 save | advcl |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 taken | cc |
| 17 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 slain | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 battle | case |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 battle | det |
| 20 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taken | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 slain | punct |
| 22 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 gold | advmod |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 all | advmod |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 gold | det:predet |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 gold | det |
| 26 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 save | nsubj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 world | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 world | det |
| 29 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 gold | nmod |
| 30 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 save | aux |
| 31 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 faith | acl |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 save | obj |
| 33 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 death | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 death | det |
| 35 | shameful | shameful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 death | amod |
| 36 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 save | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 aye | punct |
| 38 | aye | aye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swear | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 perish | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 perish | cc |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 house | det:predet |
| 42 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 house | nmod:poss |
| 43 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 perish | nsubj |
| 44 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 perish | aux |
| 45 | perish | perish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 mark | conj |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 you | case |
| 47 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 45 perish | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 mark | punct |
| 49 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 mark | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mark | imperative | you not said here | you | this obj | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme this=Attribute | |||
| 2 | swear | present | I | by my faith; aye conj | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | Ganelon | slain property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take | participle | Ganelon not said here | this battle | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in battle=Location | ||||
| 5 | save | can | all gold in the world | you | a shameful death | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent you=Theme from death=Source | |||
| 6 | perish | shall | your house | with you | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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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