Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 14
You shall say to him that I purpose to baptize him, that he holds of me his whole kingdom, and that he must deliver up to me the holy things."
Who acts: You, I, King · What happens: say, baptize, hold, deliver up · To what, where: King, whole kingdom, holy things, me · 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 (You, I, 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 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 say | obl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 baptize | mark |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 baptize | nsubj |
| 8 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 I | flat |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 baptize | mark |
| 10 | baptize | baptize | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 say | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 baptize | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 holds | punct |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 holds | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 holds | nsubj |
| 15 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | parataxis |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 me | case |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 holds | obl |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 19 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 kingdom | amod |
| 20 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 holds | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 deliver | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 deliver | cc |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 deliver | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 deliver | nsubj |
| 25 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 deliver | aux |
| 26 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 say | parataxis |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 deliver | compound:prt |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 me | case |
| 29 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 deliver | obl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 things | det |
| 31 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 things | amod |
| 32 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 deliver | obj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | shall | You | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | baptize | to-infinitive | I | King | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | ||||
| 3 | hold | present | King | King's whole kingdom | of me | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | |||
| 4 | deliver up | must | King | the holy things | me | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to i=Destination |
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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