Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and His Comrades Fared, sentence 57
One of them there is who is as seemly a man as ever I beheld; 'twas he, I am told, that prevailed over your brother."
Who acts: One, I, man · What happens: be, behold, tell, prevail · To what, where: man · 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 (One, I, man), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 is | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 One | nmod |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 is | expl |
| 5 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 man | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 man | cop |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 seemly | advmod |
| 9 | seemly | seemly | ADV | _ | 11 man | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 is | nsubj |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 15 beheld | mark |
| 13 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 15 beheld | advmod |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 beheld | nsubj |
| 15 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 man | acl:relcl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 twas | punct |
| 17 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 twas | punct |
| 18 | twas | twa | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 man | appos |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 told | nsubj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 told | punct |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 told | nsubj |
| 22 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 told | aux:pass |
| 23 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 twas | acl:relcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 prevailed | punct |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 prevailed | nsubj |
| 26 | prevailed | prevail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 man | acl:relcl |
| 27 | over | over | ADP | _ | 29 brother | case |
| 28 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 brother | nmod:poss |
| 29 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 prevailed | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 prevailed | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 man | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | One of maidens | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a man | who nsubj; twas appos; seemly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | behold | past | I | a man not said here | ever | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | man | I nsubj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | prevail | past | a man | over your brother | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over brother=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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