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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and His Comrades Fared, sentence 26

And he said to his chamberlain, "Strip these men of their raiment and bind them to that pillar yonder, and bring me darts well pointed with iron that I may shoot at them for my sport."

Who acts: Balan, iron, my · What happens: say, bind, bring, point, shoot, sport · To what, where: men, keys, Balan · 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 His Comrades Fared. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Balan, iron, 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

ccnsubjcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctapposdetobjcasenmod:possnmodccconjobjcasedetobladvmodpunctccccompobjauxadvmodconjcaseoblnsubjnsubjauxacl:relclcaseoblcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctrootAndCCONJhePRONsaidVERBtoADPhisPRONchamberlainNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTStripNOUNtheseDETmenNOUNofADPtheirPRONraimentNOUNandCCONJbindVERBthemPRONtoADPthatDETpillarNOUNyonderADV,PUNCTandCCONJbringVERBmePRONdartsVERBwellADVpointedVERBwithADPironNOUNthatPRONIPRONmayAUXshootVERBatADPthemPRONforADPmyPRONsportNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_3 saidcc
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 saidnsubj
3saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoADP_6 chamberlaincase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 chamberlainnmod:poss
6chamberlainchamberlainNOUNNumber=Sing3 saidobl
7,,PUNCT_9 Strippunct
8""PUNCT_9 Strippunct
9StripstripNOUNNumber=Sing6 chamberlainappos
10thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem11 mendet
11menmanNOUNNumber=Plur3 saidobj
12ofofADP_14 raimentcase
13theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 raimentnmod:poss
14raimentraimentNOUNNumber=Sing11 mennmod
15andandCCONJ_16 bindcc
16bindbindVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saidconj
17themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs16 bindobj
18totoADP_20 pillarcase
19thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem20 pillardet
20pillarpillarNOUNNumber=Sing16 bindobl
21yonderyonderADV_16 bindadvmod
22,,PUNCT_24 bringpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 bringcc
24bringbringVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saidccomp
25meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs24 bringobj
26dartsdartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 pointedaux
27wellwellADVDegree=Pos28 pointedadvmod
28pointedpointVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part24 bringconj
29withwithADP_30 ironcase
30ironironNOUNNumber=Sing28 pointedobl
31thatthatPRONPronType=Rel34 shootnsubj
32IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs34 shootnsubj
33maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin34 shootaux
34shootshootVERBVerbForm=Inf30 ironacl:relcl
35atatADP_36 themcase
36themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs34 shootobl
37forforADP_39 sportcase
38mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 sportnmod:poss
39sportsportNOUNNumber=Sing34 shootobl
40..PUNCT_24 bringpunct
41""PUNCT_24 bringpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastBalanthis men of keys's raimentto Balan's chamberlaintree rules
2bind in a quoteinfinitiveBalan not said herekeys = keyto that pillar; yonder propertyvn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Patient to pillar=Co-Patient
3bring in a quoteinfinitiveBalanvn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination
4point in a quotepresentwith iron; well propertyvn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5shoot in a quotemayironat keys = key; for my sport; I nsubjvn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at they=Destination
6sport in a quotemynom sport «act intransitive»: 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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