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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners, sentence 20

So saying he put upon himself the pagan's breastplate, which was in better case than his own, and took his sword Hautclere in his hand, and turned himself to meet the enemy.

Who acts: breastplate · What happens: say, put, be, take, turn, meet · To what, where: breastplate, better case, sword, hand, Oliver, enemy · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (breastplate), 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

advmodnsubjnsubjcaseobldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctnsubjcopcaseamodapposcasenmod:possnmodpunctccconjnmod:possobjapposcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjobjmarkxcompdetobjpunctrootSoADVsayingVERBhePRONputVERBuponADPhimselfPRONtheDETpaganNOUN'sPARTbreastplateNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONwasAUXinADPbetterADJcaseNOUNthanADPhisPRONownADJ,PUNCTandCCONJtookVERBhisPRONswordNOUNHautclerePROPNinADPhisPRONhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJturnedVERBhimselfPRONtoPARTmeetVERBtheDETenemyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_4 putadvmod
2sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 putnsubj
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 putnsubj
4putputVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5uponuponADP_6 himselfcase
6himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes4 putobl
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 pagandet
8paganpaganNOUNNumber=Sing10 breastplatenmod:poss
9's'sPART_8 pagancase
10breastplatebreastplateNOUNNumber=Sing4 putobj
11,,PUNCT_16 casepunct
12whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel16 casensubj
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 casecop
14ininADP_16 casecase
15bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp16 caseamod
16casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing10 breastplateappos
17thanthanADP_19 owncase
18hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 ownnmod:poss
19ownownADJDegree=Pos16 casenmod
20,,PUNCT_22 tookpunct
21andandCCONJ_22 tookcc
22tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 putconj
23hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 swordnmod:poss
24swordswordNOUNNumber=Sing22 tookobj
25HautclereHautclerePROPNNumber=Sing24 swordappos
26ininADP_28 handcase
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 handnmod:poss
28handhandNOUNNumber=Sing22 tookobl
29,,PUNCT_31 turnedpunct
30andandCCONJ_31 turnedcc
31turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 tookconj
32himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes31 turnedobj
33totoPART_34 meetmark
34meetmeetVERBVerbForm=Inf31 turnedxcomp
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 enemydet
36enemyenemyNOUNNumber=Sing34 meetobj
37..PUNCT_4 putpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertgerundvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2putpastthe pagan's breastplateupon Olivervn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent breastplate=Theme upon himself=Destination
3ispastthe pagan's breastplatebetter casethan Oliver's owntree rules
4takepastOliver's swordOliver's handvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Value in hand=Location
5turnpastOlivertree rules
6meetto-infinitivethe enemyvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Co-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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