Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 17
On the morrow the seven came and stood before him and said, "We crave your leave to depart; if we have done wrong to any in this company we pray his pardon, and if any have wronged us, him we pardon."
Who acts: seven, We, King · What happens: come, stand, say, crave, depart, do · To what, where: morrow, leave, pardon, company, any · 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 (seven, We, 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 morrow | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morrow | det |
| 3 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 seven | det |
| 5 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 came | nsubj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stood | cc |
| 8 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 came | conj |
| 9 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stood | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 stood | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 crave | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 crave | punct |
| 15 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 crave | nsubj |
| 16 | crave | crave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 said | ccomp |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 leave | nmod:poss |
| 18 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 crave | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 depart | mark |
| 20 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 crave | advcl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 done | punct |
| 22 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 done | mark |
| 23 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 done | nsubj |
| 24 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 done | aux |
| 25 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 came | parataxis |
| 26 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 done | xcomp |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 any | case |
| 28 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 done | obl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 company | case |
| 30 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 company | det |
| 31 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 pray | obl |
| 32 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 pray | nsubj |
| 33 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 done | conj |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 pardon | nmod:poss |
| 35 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 pray | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 wronged | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 wronged | cc |
| 38 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 41 wronged | mark |
| 39 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 41 wronged | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 wronged | aux |
| 41 | wronged | wrong | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 came | advcl |
| 42 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 wronged | obj |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 pardon | punct |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 pardon | nsubj |
| 45 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 pardon | nsubj |
| 46 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | parataxis |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 pardon | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 pardon | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the seven | the morrow | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | the seven not said here | before King | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the seven not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | crave in a quote | present | We | your leave | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot leave=Theme | ||||
| 5 | depart in a quote | to-infinitive | We not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · perfect | we | to any; wrong property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | pray in a quote | present | we | King's pardon | this company | tree rules | |||
| 8 | wrong a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · perfect · passive | any | us obj | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | pardon in a quote | King | we nsubj | tree rules | |||||
| 10 | pardon in a quote | King | nom pardon «act transitive»: 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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