Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Oliver and His Comrades Fared, sentence 93
This done, she greeted the Frenchmen right courteously, and when she saw how Sir Oliver was covered with blood, she gave him a draught of a certain herb that is named Mandegloire, which when he had drunk he was immediately made whole.
Who acts: Floripas · What happens: do, greet, see, cover, give, name · To what, where: This, Frenchmen, Sir, certain herb, draught · 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 done | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 greeted | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 done | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 greeted | nsubj |
| 5 | greeted | greet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Frenchmen | det |
| 7 | Frenchmen | Frenchman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 greeted | obj |
| 8 | right | right | ADV | _ | 9 courteously | advmod |
| 9 | courteously | courteously | ADV | _ | 5 greeted | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 saw | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 saw | cc |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 saw | advmod |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 saw | nsubj |
| 14 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 greeted | conj |
| 15 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 covered | advmod |
| 16 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Sir | flat |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 covered | aux:pass |
| 19 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 saw | ccomp |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 blood | case |
| 21 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 covered | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 gave | punct |
| 23 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 gave | nsubj |
| 24 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 greeted | conj |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 gave | iobj |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 draught | det |
| 27 | draught | draught | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 drunk | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 herb | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 herb | det |
| 30 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 herb | amod |
| 31 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 draught | nmod |
| 32 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 named | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 named | aux:pass |
| 34 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 herb | acl:relcl |
| 35 | Mandegloire | Mandegloire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 named | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 drunk | punct |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 drunk | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 41 drunk | advmod |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 drunk | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 drunk | aux |
| 41 | drunk | drink | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 gave | ccomp |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 made | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 made | aux:pass |
| 44 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 45 made | advmod |
| 45 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 drunk | xcomp |
| 46 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 made | xcomp |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 greeted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle · passive | This | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | greet speech: greet | past | Floripas | the Frenchmen | courteously property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frenchman=Theme | |||
| 3 | see | past | Floripas | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | cover | past · passive | Sir | with blood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme | ||||
| 5 | give | past | Floripas | Sir | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | name | present · passive | a certain herb | Mandegloire xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | drink | past · perfect · passive | a draught of a certain herb | which nsubj:pass; Sir nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | make | past · passive | Sir | immediately, whole property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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