Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners, sentence 26
Seeing, therefore, that there was no way for him to escape, he prayed to God that it might be granted to him not to die at that time, but rather to live till he should come to his end in company with Roland his comrade.
Who acts: Oliver, way · What happens: see, be, escape, pray, grant, not die · To what, where: God, way, Oliver, comrade, company
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 (Oliver, way), 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 | Seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 prayed | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 therefore | punct |
| 3 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 1 Seeing | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 was | punct |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 was | mark |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 was | expl |
| 7 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Seeing | conj |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 way | det |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 was | nsubj |
| 10 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 13 escape | mark |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 escape | nsubj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 escape | mark |
| 13 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 way | acl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Seeing | punct |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 prayed | nsubj |
| 16 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 God | case |
| 18 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 prayed | obl |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 granted | mark |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 granted | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 granted | aux |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 granted | aux:pass |
| 23 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 prayed | advcl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 him | case |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 granted | obl |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 die | advmod |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 die | mark |
| 28 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 granted | advcl |
| 29 | at | at | ADP | _ | 31 time | case |
| 30 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 time | det |
| 31 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 die | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 live | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 live | cc |
| 34 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 36 live | advmod |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 live | mark |
| 36 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 prayed | conj |
| 37 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 40 come | mark |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 come | nsubj |
| 39 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 come | aux |
| 40 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 live | xcomp |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 end | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 end | nmod:poss |
| 43 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 come | obl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 company | case |
| 45 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 come | obl |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 Roland | case |
| 47 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 company | nmod |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 comrade | nmod:poss |
| 49 | comrade | comrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 come | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 prayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | Oliver not said here | therefore property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | be | past | no way | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | escape | to-infinitive | Oliver | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | pray | past | Oliver | God | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 5 | grant | might · passive | way | Oliver | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to he=Goal | ||||
| 6 | not die | to-infinitive | time | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 7 | live | to-infinitive | Oliver not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | come | should | Oliver | Oliver's comrade | company with Roland | to Oliver's end | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial_Location |
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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