Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 19
The King said, "Well beloved, I commend you to God; may He have you in His keeping!"
Who acts: King · What happens: say, commend, have, keep · To what, where: you, God · 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 (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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 commend | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 commend | punct |
| 6 | Well | well | INTJ | _ | 10 commend | discourse |
| 7 | beloved | beloved | INTJ | _ | 6 Well | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Well | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 commend | nsubj |
| 10 | commend | commend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 commend | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 God | case |
| 13 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 commend | obl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 15 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 have | aux |
| 16 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 have | nsubj |
| 17 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 have | obj |
| 19 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 21 keeping | mark |
| 20 | His | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 keeping | nsubj |
| 21 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 have | advcl |
| 22 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | past | the King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | commend in a quote | present | the King = king | you | God | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 3 | have in a quote | may | King | you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 4 | keep in a quote | gerund | King | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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