Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras, sentence 25
Nor was the force of the blow yet spent: it reached the giant's shoulder, but the cuirass which was of stout leather of Cappadocia, stayed it; nevertheless the giant's feet were thrust out of the stirrups, and he came very near to being overthrown.
Who acts: Nor, blow, cuirass · What happens: be, spend, reach, stay, come, overthrow · To what, where: force, stirrups, shoulder, thrust
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 (Nor, blow, cuirass), 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 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 force | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 force | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 force | det |
| 4 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spent | parataxis |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 blow | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 blow | det |
| 7 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 force | nmod |
| 8 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 9 spent | advmod |
| 9 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 reached | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 reached | nsubj |
| 12 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 spent | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 14 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 giant | case |
| 16 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reached | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 cuirass | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 cuirass | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 cuirass | det |
| 20 | cuirass | cuirass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reached | obl |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 leather | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 leather | cop |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 leather | case |
| 24 | stout | stout | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 leather | amod |
| 25 | leather | leather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 cuirass | acl:relcl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Cappadocia | case |
| 27 | Cappadocia | Cappadocia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 leather | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 stayed | punct |
| 29 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 reached | conj |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 stayed | obj |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 feet | punct |
| 32 | nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 36 feet | advmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 giant | det |
| 34 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 feet | nmod:poss |
| 35 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 34 giant | case |
| 36 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 thrust | nmod:unmarked |
| 37 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 thrust | cop |
| 38 | thrust | thrust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spent | obl |
| 39 | out | out | ADP | _ | 42 stirrups | case |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 stirrups | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 stirrups | det |
| 42 | stirrups | stirrup | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 spent | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 came | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 came | cc |
| 45 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 came | nsubj |
| 46 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 spent | conj |
| 47 | very | very | ADV | _ | 48 near | advmod |
| 48 | near | near | ADV | _ | 46 came | advmod |
| 49 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 51 overthrown | mark |
| 50 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 overthrown | aux:pass |
| 51 | overthrown | overthrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 came | advcl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 spent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Nor | the force | of the blow | tree rules | |||
| 2 | spend | past | the stirrups | yet | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | reach | past | blow | the giant's shoulder | the cuirass obl | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent shoulder=Theme | |||
| 4 | is | past | the cuirass | of stout leather; of Cappadocia | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | stay | past | blow not said here | shoulder | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | thrust | the giant's feet nmod:unmarked | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | come | past | Nor | near property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | overthrow | gerund · passive | Nor not said here | tree rules |
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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