Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Fierabras Defied King Charles, sentence 71
But Reyner, that was father to Oliver, when he saw his son ready to go forth, came to the King, and knelt down at his feet, and cried in sore trouble, "Now, my lord King, have pity on my son and me.
Who acts: Reyner, son, lord · What happens: be, see, go, come, kneel down, cry · To what, where: father, Oliver, son, feet, sore trouble, pity · 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 (Reyner, son, lord), 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 | _ | 12 saw | cc |
| 2 | Reyner | Reyner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 father | punct |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 father | det |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 father | cop |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Reyner | appos |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Oliver | case |
| 8 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 father | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saw | punct |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 saw | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 saw | nsubj |
| 12 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 son | nmod:poss |
| 14 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saw | obj |
| 15 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 saw | xcomp |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 go | mark |
| 17 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 ready | xcomp |
| 18 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 17 go | advmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 saw | conj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 King | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 King | det |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 came | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 knelt | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 knelt | cc |
| 26 | knelt | kneel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 saw | conj |
| 27 | down | down | ADP | _ | 26 knelt | compound:prt |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 feet | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 feet | nmod:poss |
| 30 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 knelt | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 cried | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 cried | cc |
| 33 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 saw | parataxis |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 trouble | case |
| 35 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 trouble | amod |
| 36 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cried | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 have | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 have | punct |
| 39 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 have | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 Now | punct |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 lord | nmod:poss |
| 42 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 have | nsubj |
| 43 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 lord | appos |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 lord | punct |
| 45 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 cried | conj |
| 46 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 have | obj |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 son | case |
| 48 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 son | nmod:poss |
| 49 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 have | obl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 me | cc |
| 51 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 son | conj |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | that father | Oliver | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Reyner | Reyner's son | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer son=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | Reyner's son not said here | forth property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | come | past | Reyner not said here | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | kneel down | past | Reyner not said here | King's feet | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at foot=Location | ||||
| 6 | cry speech: express | past | sore trouble | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in trouble=Location | |||||
| 7 | have in a quote | present | my lord | pity | now | on my son me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=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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