Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver Fought With Fierabras, sentence 81
Then he made a feint to strike the pagan on the head; and Fierabras, raising his shield over high to cover himself from the blow, left his side unguarded, which Oliver, quickly perceiving, drove his sword with all his might into the pagan's side.
Who acts: Oliver, feint, Fierabras, side · What happens: make, strike, raise, cover, leave, unguard · To what, where: feint, pagan, shield, high, Oliver, blow
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, feint, Fierabras, side), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 made | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feint | det |
| 5 | feint | feint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 strike | mark |
| 7 | strike | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pagan | det |
| 9 | pagan | pagan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 strike | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 head | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 head | det |
| 12 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pagan | nmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 Fierabras | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Fierabras | cc |
| 15 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 raising | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 raising | punct |
| 17 | raising | raise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 made | advcl |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 shield | nmod:poss |
| 19 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 raising | obj |
| 20 | over | over | ADP | _ | 21 high | case |
| 21 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 raising | obl |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 cover | mark |
| 23 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 raising | advcl |
| 24 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 23 cover | obj |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 blow | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 blow | det |
| 27 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 cover | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 left | punct |
| 29 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 side | nmod:poss |
| 31 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 unguarded | nsubj |
| 32 | unguarded | unguard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 left | ccomp |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Oliver | punct |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 Oliver | nsubj |
| 35 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 unguarded | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 perceiving | punct |
| 37 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 38 perceiving | advmod |
| 38 | perceiving | perceive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 made | advcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 drove | punct |
| 40 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | conj |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 sword | nmod:poss |
| 42 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 drove | obj |
| 43 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 51 side | mark |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 side | det:predet |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 side | nmod:poss |
| 46 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 side | aux |
| 47 | into | into | ADP | _ | 51 side | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 pagan | det |
| 49 | pagan | pagan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 side | nmod:poss |
| 50 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 49 pagan | case |
| 51 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 drove | advcl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Oliver | a feint | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | strike | to-infinitive | a feint not said here | the pagan | on the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent pagan=Instrument on head=Patient | |||
| 3 | raise | gerund | Fierabras | Oliver's shield | high | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shield=Theme over high=Destination | |||
| 4 | cover | to-infinitive | Fierabras not said here | Oliver | the blow | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination | |||
| 5 | leave | past | Oliver not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | unguard | past | Oliver's side | Oliver | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | perceive | gerund | Oliver not said here | quickly property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | drive | past | Oliver not said here | Oliver's sword | Oliver's side advcl | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme sword=Trajectory |
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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