Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and Others Were Taken Prisoners, sentence 54
When Fierabras heard these words, he sighed and said, "Most noble King, I pray you of your mercy to pardon me and cause to be made a Christian man, so that, if I should be healed of my wounds, I may do all that is in me to advance the Christian faith, and to deliver the Holy Sepulchre.
Who acts: Fierabras, that, my · What happens: hear, sigh, say, pray, pardon, cause · To what, where: words, you, Fierabras, Christian man, Christian faith, Holy Sepulchre · 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, that, my), 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 heard | advmod |
| 2 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sighed | advcl |
| 4 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 words | det |
| 5 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 heard | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 heard | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sighed | nsubj |
| 8 | sighed | sigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sighed | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 King | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 King | punct |
| 13 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 King | amod |
| 14 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 King | amod |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 pray | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 pray | nsubj |
| 18 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sighed | conj |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 pray | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 mercy | case |
| 21 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 mercy | nmod:poss |
| 22 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 pray | obl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 pardon | mark |
| 24 | pardon | pardon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 pray | advcl |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 pardon | obj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 cause | cc |
| 27 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 pardon | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 made | mark |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 made | aux:pass |
| 30 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 cause | advcl |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 man | det |
| 32 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 man | amod |
| 33 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 made | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 that | punct |
| 35 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 36 that | case |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 sighed | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 healed | punct |
| 38 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 42 healed | mark |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 healed | nsubj |
| 40 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 healed | aux |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 42 healed | aux:pass |
| 42 | healed | heal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 sighed | parataxis |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 wounds | case |
| 44 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 wounds | nmod:poss |
| 45 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 healed | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 do | punct |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 do | nsubj |
| 48 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 do | aux |
| 49 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 healed | conj |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 54 me | det:predet |
| 51 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 54 me | nsubj |
| 52 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 me | cop |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 me | case |
| 54 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 do | obl:unmarked |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 advance | mark |
| 56 | advance | advance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 do | advcl |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 faith | det |
| 58 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 faith | amod |
| 59 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 advance | obj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 deliver | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 deliver | cc |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 deliver | mark |
| 63 | deliver | deliver | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 sighed | parataxis |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 Sepulchre | det |
| 65 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 66 Sepulchre | compound |
| 66 | Sepulchre | Sepulchre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 deliver | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sighed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Fierabras | this words | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sigh | past | Fierabras | so that | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Fierabras not said here | Most noble King ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | pray in a quote | present | Fierabras | you | of your mercy | tree rules | |||
| 5 | pardon in a quote | to-infinitive | Fierabras not said here | Fierabras | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 6 | cause in a quote | infinitive | Fierabras not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | |||||
| 7 | make in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | Fierabras not said here | a Christian man | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: man=Product | ||||
| 8 | heal a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | should · passive | Fierabras | of my wounds | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 9 | do in a quote | may | Fierabras | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | is in a quote | present | that | in Fierabras | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | advance in a quote | to-infinitive | Fierabras not said here | the Christian faith | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer faith=Patient | ||||
| 12 | deliver in a quote | to-infinitive | the Holy Sepulchre | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sepulchre=Patient | |||||
| 13 | wound in a quote | my | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=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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