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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners, sentence 4

When he had done this, Fierabras said, "Now, noble sir, carry me away from this place, for of my own strength I cannot go."

Who acts: Oliver, Fierabras, noble sir · What happens: do, say, carry, not go · To what, where: this, Fierabras, own strength · 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 (Oliver, Fierabras, noble sir), 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

advmodnsubjauxadvclobjpunctnsubjpunctpunctadvmodpunctamodnsubjpunctccompobjadvmodcasedetoblpunctcasefixednmod:possamodparataxisnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclpunctpunctrootWhenADVhePRONhadAUXdoneVERBthisPRON,PUNCTFierabrasPROPNsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTNowADV,PUNCTnobleADJsirNOUN,PUNCTcarryVERBmePRONawayADVfromADPthisDETplaceNOUN,PUNCTforADPofADPmyPRONownADJstrengthNOUNIPRONcanAUXnotPARTgoVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int4 doneadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 donensubj
3hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 doneaux
4donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 saidadvcl
5thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 doneobj
6,,PUNCT_4 donepunct
7FierabrasFierabrasPROPNNumber=Sing8 saidnsubj
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9,,PUNCT_8 saidpunct
10""PUNCT_16 carrypunct
11NownowADVPronType=Dem16 carryadvmod
12,,PUNCT_14 sirpunct
13noblenobleADJDegree=Pos14 siramod
14sirsirNOUNNumber=Sing16 carrynsubj
15,,PUNCT_14 sirpunct
16carrycarryVERBVerbForm=Inf8 saidccomp
17meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs16 carryobj
18awayawayADV_16 carryadvmod
19fromfromADP_21 placecase
20thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem21 placedet
21placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing18 awayobl
22,,PUNCT_27 strengthpunct
23forforADP_27 strengthcase
24ofofADP_23 forfixed
25mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 strengthnmod:poss
26ownownADJDegree=Pos27 strengthamod
27strengthstrengthNOUNNumber=Sing16 carryparataxis
28IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs31 gonsubj
29cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin31 goaux
30notnotPARTPolarity=Neg31 goadvmod
31gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf27 strengthacl:relcl
32..PUNCT_16 carrypunct
33""PUNCT_16 carrypunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopast · perfectOliverthisvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
2say speech: assertpastFierabrasvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3carry in a quoteinfinitivenoble sirFierabrasnowmy own strength parataxis; away propertyvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
4not go in a quotecanFierabrasmy own strength not said herevn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location strength=Theme

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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