Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and His Comrades Fared, sentence 91
Then she called the woman to come to her where she stood by a window; when she was come she struck her to the ground with a great blow, and calling her servant, bade him throw her into the sea, for she much feared her father and his malice. "
Who acts: Floripas, bade · What happens: call, come, stand, be, strike, throw · To what, where: woman, Floripas, servant, bade, sea, father · 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, bade), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 called | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 woman | det |
| 5 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 come | mark |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 woman | acl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 come | obl |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 stood | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stood | nsubj |
| 12 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | advcl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 window | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 window | det |
| 15 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stood | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 come | punct |
| 17 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 come | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 come | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 come | cop |
| 20 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 called | conj |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 struck | nsubj |
| 22 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 come | conj |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 struck | obj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 ground | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 ground | det |
| 26 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 struck | obl |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 blow | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 blow | det |
| 29 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 blow | amod |
| 30 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 struck | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 calling | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 calling | cc |
| 33 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 called | advcl |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 servant | nmod:poss |
| 35 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 calling | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 bade | punct |
| 37 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 calling | xcomp |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 throw | nsubj |
| 39 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 37 bade | acl:relcl |
| 40 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 throw | iobj |
| 41 | into | into | ADP | _ | 43 sea | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 sea | det |
| 43 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 throw | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 feared | punct |
| 45 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 48 feared | mark |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 feared | nsubj |
| 47 | much | much | ADV | _ | 48 feared | advmod |
| 48 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 49 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 father | nmod:poss |
| 50 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 feared | obj |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 malice | cc |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 malice | nmod:poss |
| 53 | malice | malice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 father | conj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| 55 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | Floripas | the woman | then | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient | |||
| 2 | come | to-infinitive | Floripas not said here | Floripas | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | stand | past | Floripas | by a window | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location | ||||
| 4 | is | past | Floripas | come property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | strike | past | Floripas | woman | to the ground result; with a great blow | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient to ground=Result with blow=Instrument | |||
| 6 | call | gerund | Floripas not said here | Floripas's servant | bade xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient | |||
| 7 | throw | present | bade | bade not said here | Floripas | into the sea result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer she=Theme into sea=Result | ||
| 8 | fear | past | Floripas | Floripas's father and father's malice | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus |
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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