Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and His Comrades Fared, sentence 65
And when she saw the prisoners how they had climbed upon the pillars, as has been told, she said, "Tell me now, my lords, who you are and how you are named."
Who acts: Floripas · What happens: see, climb, tell, say, name · To what, where: prisoners, lords, Floripas · 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 (Floripas), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 saw | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prisoners | det |
| 6 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 saw | obj |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 climbed | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 climbed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 climbed | aux |
| 10 | climbed | climb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 saw | advcl |
| 11 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 pillars | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 pillars | det |
| 13 | pillars | pillar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 climbed | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 told | punct |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 told | mark |
| 16 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 told | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 told | aux:pass |
| 18 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 climbed | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 said | nsubj |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Tell | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 Tell | punct |
| 24 | Tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 said | ccomp |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 Tell | iobj |
| 26 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 Tell | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 lords | punct |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 lords | nmod:poss |
| 29 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 Tell | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 named | punct |
| 31 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 named | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 named | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 named | aux:pass |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 named | cc |
| 35 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 named | advmod |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 named | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 named | aux:pass |
| 38 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 lords | acl:relcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Floripas | the prisoners | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prisoner=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | climb | past · perfect · passive | prisoners = prisoner | upon the pillars | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | present · perfect · passive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | ||||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Floripas | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | my lords | Floripas | now | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||
| 6 | name in a quote | present · passive | my lords | you nsubj:pass | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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