Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners, sentence 22
When Fierabras saw this he said, "Sir Oliver, you have done enough for me; now take thought for yourself.
Who acts: Fierabras, you · What happens: see, say, do, take · To what, where: this, Oliver, thought · 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 (Fierabras, you), 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 | 3 saw | advmod |
| 2 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | advcl |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 saw | obj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Oliver | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Oliver | punct |
| 9 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Oliver | nmod:desc |
| 10 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 done | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 done | nsubj |
| 13 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 done | aux |
| 14 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 Oliver | acl |
| 15 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 14 done | advmod |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 me | case |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 done | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 take | punct |
| 19 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 take | advmod |
| 20 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 21 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 take | obj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 yourself | case |
| 23 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 20 take | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Fierabras | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Fierabras | Oliver Sir ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | present · perfect | you | Oliver Sir not said here | for Fierabras; enough property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oliver=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | take in a quote | infinitive | thought | now | for yourself | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thought=Theme for yourself=Beneficiary |
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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