Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 1
Duke Reyner could neither eat nor drink for the grief that he had about his son; and when he could no longer endure this trouble, he came to King Charles and made his complaint. "
Who acts: Duke · What happens: eat, drink, have, endure, come, make · To what, where: trouble, Charles, complaint
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Bridge of Mantryble. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Duke), 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 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | Reyner | Reyner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Duke | flat |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 eat | aux |
| 4 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 5 eat | advmod |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 drink | cc |
| 7 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 eat | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 grief | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 grief | det |
| 10 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drink | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 had | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drink | advcl |
| 14 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 son | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 son | nmod:poss |
| 16 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 endure | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 endure | cc |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 endure | advmod |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 endure | nsubj |
| 21 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 endure | aux |
| 22 | no | no | ADV | _ | 23 longer | advmod |
| 23 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 24 endure | advmod |
| 24 | endure | endure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 eat | conj |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 trouble | det |
| 26 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 endure | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 came | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 came | nsubj |
| 29 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 eat | parataxis |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 Charles | case |
| 31 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 32 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 came | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 made | cc |
| 34 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 came | conj |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 complaint | nmod:poss |
| 36 | complaint | complaint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 made | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 eat | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 eat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | could | Duke | neither property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | drink | infinitive | Duke not said here | for the grief | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | have | past | Duke | about Duke's son | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | endure | could | Duke | this trouble | long property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme trouble=Circumstance | |||
| 5 | come | past | Duke | Charles King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to charles=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | make | past | Duke not said here | Duke's complaint | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset complaint=Product | ||||
| 7 | complain | Duke | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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