Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners, sentence 13
When the men of France saw this, they made all haste to go to the help of Oliver, Roland first of all, and Richard of Normandy, and Guy of Burgundy, and Duke Thierry, and as was meet, Oliver's own father, Duke Reyner.
Who acts: men · What happens: see, make, go, be, help · To what, where: this, haste, help, Oliver
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (men), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 men | det |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 France | case |
| 5 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 men | nmod |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 made | advcl |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 saw | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | nsubj |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 haste | det |
| 12 | haste | haste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 go | mark |
| 14 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 haste | acl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 help | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 help | det |
| 17 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 go | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Oliver | case |
| 19 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 help | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 Roland | punct |
| 21 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Oliver | conj |
| 22 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 go | advmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 all | case |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 first | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Richard | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 Richard | cc |
| 27 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Normandy | case |
| 29 | Normandy | Normandy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 Richard | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Guy | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 Guy | cc |
| 32 | Guy | Guy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Burgundy | case |
| 34 | Burgundy | Burgundy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Guy | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Thierry | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 Thierry | cc |
| 37 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 Thierry | compound |
| 38 | Thierry | Thierry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Guy | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 meet | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 meet | cc |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 meet | mark |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 meet | cop |
| 43 | meet | meet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 made | parataxis |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 father | punct |
| 45 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 father | nmod:poss |
| 46 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 45 Oliver | case |
| 47 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 father | amod |
| 48 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 meet | conj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 Reyner | punct |
| 50 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 Reyner | compound |
| 51 | Reyner | Reyner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 father | appos |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the men of France | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | make | past | men = man | all haste | Richard of Normandy obl; Guy of Burgundy and Duke Thierry obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset haste=Product | |||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | men = man not said here | all haste not said here | the help of Oliver and Roland | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to help=Initial_Location | ||
| 4 | is | past | Oliver's own father conj; meet property | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | help | Oliver and Roland | nom help «act 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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