Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and His Comrades Fared, sentence 9
And at last, so great was his rage, he cried, "Now if this be true, and Fierabras my son is lost to me, verily I will strike out the brains of this false god Mahomet, who having promised me so much has fulfilled so little."
Who acts: Admiral, this, having · What happens: be, cry, lose, strike out, have, promise · To what, where: last rage, Fierabras, Admiral, brains, little · 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 (Admiral, this, having), 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 | _ | 9 rage | cc |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 last | case |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 rage | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 great | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 great | advmod |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 last | conj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 rage | cop |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 rage | nmod:poss |
| 9 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cried | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rage | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 cried | nsubj |
| 12 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 true | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 true | punct |
| 15 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 true | advmod |
| 16 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 true | mark |
| 17 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 true | nsubj |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 true | cop |
| 19 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 cried | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 lost | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 lost | cc |
| 22 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 son | nmod:poss |
| 24 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Fierabras | appos |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 lost | aux:pass |
| 26 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 cried | conj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 me | case |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 lost | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 strike | punct |
| 30 | verily | verily | ADV | _ | 33 strike | advmod |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 strike | nsubj |
| 32 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 strike | aux |
| 33 | strike | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 cried | parataxis |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 33 strike | compound:prt |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 brains | det |
| 36 | brains | brain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 strike | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 god | case |
| 38 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 god | det |
| 39 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 god | amod |
| 40 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 brains | nmod |
| 41 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 god | appos |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 having | punct |
| 43 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 having | nsubj |
| 44 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 promised | csubj |
| 45 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 god | acl:relcl |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 promised | iobj |
| 47 | so | so | ADV | _ | 48 much | advmod |
| 48 | much | much | ADV | _ | 50 fulfilled | advmod |
| 49 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 fulfilled | aux |
| 50 | fulfilled | fulfil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 promised | advcl |
| 51 | so | so | ADV | _ | 52 little | advmod |
| 52 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 fulfilled | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 33 strike | punct |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 strike | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Admiral's last rage | Admiral nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | Admiral | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive | this | now | true property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | lose in a quote | present · passive | Fierabras | Admiral | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | strike out in a quote | future | Admiral | the brains of this false god | verily property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient | |||
| 6 | have in a quote | gerund | who nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | promise speech: promise in a quote | past | having | Admiral | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 8 | fulfil in a quote | present · perfect | having not said here | little | tree rules |
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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