Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 11
And then others of the Peers, as Duke Thierry and Ogier the Dane, stood up in their place, and said the same thing, then the King swore a great oath, even by the eyes in his head, that they also should go.
Who acts: others, King · What happens: stand up, say, swear, go · To what, where: place, same thing, great oath · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (others, King), 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 | _ | 3 others | cc |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 others | advmod |
| 3 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Peers | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Peers | det |
| 6 | Peers | Peer | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 others | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Thierry | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 Thierry | case |
| 9 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Thierry | compound |
| 10 | Thierry | Thierry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Peers | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Ogier | cc |
| 12 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Thierry | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Dane | det |
| 14 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Thierry | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 others | punct |
| 16 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 stood | compound:prt |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 place | case |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 place | nmod:poss |
| 20 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 stood | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 said | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 said | cc |
| 23 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 stood | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 thing | det |
| 25 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 thing | amod |
| 26 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 said | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 swore | punct |
| 28 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 swore | advmod |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 King | det |
| 30 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 swore | nsubj |
| 31 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 stood | parataxis |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 oath | det |
| 33 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 oath | amod |
| 34 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 swore | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 eyes | punct |
| 36 | even | even | ADV | _ | 39 eyes | advmod |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 eyes | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 eyes | det |
| 39 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 swore | obl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 head | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 head | nmod:poss |
| 42 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 eyes | nmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 go | punct |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 48 go | mark |
| 45 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 go | nsubj |
| 46 | also | also | ADV | _ | 48 go | advmod |
| 47 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 go | aux |
| 48 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 swore | conj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | past | others of the Peers and Duke Thierry and Ogier | others's place | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | others of the Peers and Duke Thierry and Ogier not said here | the same thing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | ||||
| 3 | swear | past | the King | a great oath | then | by the eyes in King's head | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality | ||
| 4 | go | should | others = other | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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