Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras, sentence 10
And when Oliver had again refused, saying that he trusted to prevail by the help of his God, Fierabras said to him, "Now as you are a Christian man, I adjure you by the font wherein you were baptized and by the cross to which your God was nailed, to tell me truly your name and lineage."
Who acts: Oliver, Fierabras, you, I, cross, your · What happens: refuse, say, trust, prevail, be, adjure · To what, where: Oliver, Christian man, you, God, name, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Oliver, Fierabras, you, I), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 refused | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 refused | advmod |
| 3 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 refused | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 refused | aux |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 refused | advmod |
| 6 | refused | refuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saying | punct |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 refused | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 trusted | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 trusted | nsubj |
| 11 | trusted | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 said | advcl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 prevail | mark |
| 13 | prevail | prevail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 trusted | xcomp |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 help | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 help | det |
| 16 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 prevail | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 God | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 God | nmod:poss |
| 19 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 help | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 trusted | punct |
| 21 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 said | nsubj |
| 22 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 saying | ccomp |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 said | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 adjure | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 adjure | punct |
| 27 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 36 adjure | advmod |
| 28 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 33 man | mark |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 man | nsubj |
| 30 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 man | cop |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 man | det |
| 32 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 man | amod |
| 33 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 adjure | advcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 man | punct |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 adjure | nsubj |
| 36 | adjure | adjure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 said | conj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 adjure | obj |
| 38 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 font | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 font | det |
| 40 | font | font | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 adjure | obl |
| 41 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 44 baptized | advmod |
| 42 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 baptized | nsubj |
| 43 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 baptized | aux:pass |
| 44 | baptized | baptize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 adjure | advcl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 nailed | cc |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 cross | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 cross | det |
| 48 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 nailed | obl |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 which | case |
| 50 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 54 nailed | obl |
| 51 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 God | nmod:poss |
| 52 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 nailed | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 nailed | aux:pass |
| 54 | nailed | nail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 baptized | conj |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 tell | punct |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 tell | mark |
| 57 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 saying | parataxis |
| 58 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 57 tell | iobj |
| 59 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 61 name | advmod |
| 60 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 name | nmod:poss |
| 61 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 tell | obj |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 lineage | cc |
| 63 | lineage | lineage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 name | conj |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 57 tell | punct |
| 65 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 57 tell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past · perfect · passive | Oliver | again | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | trust | past | Oliver | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | prevail | to-infinitive | Oliver not said here | by the help of Oliver's God | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by help=Location | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Fierabras | Oliver | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | you | a Christian man | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | adjure in a quote | present | I | you | now | by the font | tree rules | ||
| 8 | baptize in a quote | past · passive | you | wherein property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 9 | nail in a quote | past · passive | the cross | your God | which obl | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to which=Co-Patient | |||
| 10 | tell speech: assert in a quote | to-infinitive | your name and lineage | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient name=Topic | ||||
| 11 | help | Oliver's God | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 12 | name in a quote | your | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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