Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras, sentence 8
The three were made by one of three brothers; another of these three made three more, of which Durendal, the sword of Roland, was the most famous; and yet another brother also made three, of which it suffices to name Hautclere that was the sword of Oliver, and Joyous that was one of the chief treasures of King Charles.
Who acts: three, Durendal, brother, armour, Hautclere, that · What happens: make, be, suffice, name, treasure · To what, where: three, three more, sword, one, Charles
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 (three, Durendal, brother, armour), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 three | det |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 made | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 brothers | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 brothers | nummod |
| 9 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 one | nmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 made | punct |
| 11 | another | another | PRON | PronType=Ind | 14 three | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 these | case |
| 13 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 11 another | nmod |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 made | nsubj |
| 15 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | parataxis |
| 16 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 more | nummod |
| 17 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 made | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 famous | punct |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 which | case |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 famous | obl |
| 21 | Durendal | Durendal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 famous | nsubj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 sword | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 sword | det |
| 24 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 Durendal | appos |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Roland | case |
| 26 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 sword | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Durendal | punct |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 famous | cop |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 famous | det |
| 30 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 31 famous | advmod |
| 31 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 made | conj |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 made | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 made | cc |
| 34 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 38 made | advmod |
| 35 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 36 brother | det |
| 36 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 made | nsubj |
| 37 | also | also | ADV | _ | 38 made | advmod |
| 38 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | parataxis |
| 39 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 made | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 suffices | punct |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 which | case |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 suffices | obl |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 suffices | nsubj |
| 44 | suffices | suffice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 made | parataxis |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 name | mark |
| 46 | name | name | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 suffices | xcomp |
| 47 | Hautclere | Hautclere | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 sword | nsubj |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 sword | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 sword | cop |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 sword | det |
| 51 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 name | ccomp |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Oliver | case |
| 53 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 sword | nmod |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 Joyous | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 Joyous | cc |
| 56 | Joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 suffices | conj |
| 57 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 one | nsubj |
| 58 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 one | cop |
| 59 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 56 Joyous | parataxis |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 treasures | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 treasures | det |
| 62 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 treasures | amod |
| 63 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 one | nmod |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 Charles | case |
| 65 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 66 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 treasures | nmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the three | by one of three brothers | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | make | past | three another of these | three more | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset more=Product | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Durendal | which obl; famous property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | make | past | another brother | three | yet | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Product | |||
| 5 | suffice | present | armour | which obl | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | name | to-infinitive | armour not said here | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | is a | past | Hautclere | the sword | of Oliver; that nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 8 | is a | past | that | one | of the chief treasures of Charles King | tree rules | |||
| 9 | treasure | Charles King | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=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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