Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 70
But when King Charles saw that he could not hinder Oliver from doing battle with Fierabras, he said, "Now may God be with you, and help you, and bring you back with joy!" and he reached to him his glove, which Oliver took with much pleasantness and humility.
Who acts: Charles, glove · What happens: see, not hinder, do, say, help, bring back · To what, where: Oliver, battle, you, glove, 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 (Charles, glove), 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 saw | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 saw | advmod |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 4 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | advcl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 hinder | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hinder | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hinder | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 hinder | advmod |
| 10 | hinder | hinder | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 saw | ccomp |
| 11 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 hinder | obj |
| 12 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 13 doing | mark |
| 13 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 hinder | advcl |
| 14 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 doing | obj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 Fierabras | case |
| 16 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 battle | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 God | punct |
| 22 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 God | advmod |
| 23 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 God | aux |
| 24 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 said | ccomp |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 God | acl |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 you | case |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 be | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 help | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 help | cc |
| 30 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 said | ccomp |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 help | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 bring | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 bring | cc |
| 34 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 help | conj |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 bring | obj |
| 36 | back | back | ADV | _ | 34 bring | advmod |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 joy | case |
| 38 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 bring | obl |
| 39 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 30 help | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 help | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 reached | cc |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 reached | nsubj |
| 43 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 him | case |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 reached | obl |
| 46 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 glove | nmod:poss |
| 47 | glove | glove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 reached | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 took | punct |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 took | nsubj |
| 50 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 took | nsubj |
| 51 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 glove | acl:relcl |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 pleasantness | case |
| 53 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 pleasantness | amod |
| 54 | pleasantness | pleasantness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 took | obl |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 humility | cc |
| 56 | humility | humility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 pleasantness | conj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Charles King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | not hinder | could | Charles | Oliver | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer oliver=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | do | gerund | Charles not said here | battle | with Fierabras | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | say speech: express | past | Charles | God ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | help in a quote | infinitive | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | |||||
| 6 | bring back in a quote | infinitive | you | with joy | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | ||||
| 7 | reach | past | Charles | King's glove | King | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent glove=Theme | |||
| 8 | take | past | King's glove | with much pleasantness and humility; Oliver nsubj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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