Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 4
The King when he heard these words was full of pity, and sent for Roland, and said to him, "Fair nephew, you must go on the morrow to Aygremore, and get speech of Balan, and say to him, and that full plainly, that he must straightway deliver up the holy things that he has, and also set free those my knights that he has in keeping.
Who acts: King, words, holy things · What happens: hear, be, send, say, go, get · To what, where: Fair nephew, King, Aygremore, morrow, speech, holy things · 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, words, holy things), 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 | 5 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 heard | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 heard | nsubj |
| 5 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 words | det |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 full | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 full | cop |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 heard | ccomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 pity | case |
| 11 | pity | pity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 full | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sent | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 sent | cc |
| 14 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 heard | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 Roland | case |
| 16 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 sent | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 said | cc |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 heard | conj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 nephew | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 nephew | punct |
| 24 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 nephew | amod |
| 25 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 said | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 go | punct |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 go | nsubj |
| 28 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 go | aux |
| 29 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 said | parataxis |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 morrow | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 morrow | det |
| 32 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 go | obl |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 Aygremore | case |
| 34 | Aygremore | Aygremore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 go | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 get | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 get | cc |
| 37 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 29 go | parataxis |
| 38 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 get | obj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Balan | case |
| 40 | Balan | Balan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 speech | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 say | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 say | cc |
| 43 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 go | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 him | case |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 say | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 deliver | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 deliver | cc |
| 48 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 full | mark |
| 49 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 deliver | advcl |
| 50 | plainly | plainly | ADV | _ | 49 full | advmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 full | punct |
| 52 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 55 straightway | mark |
| 53 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 straightway | nsubj |
| 54 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 straightway | aux |
| 55 | straightway | straightway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 deliver | obl |
| 56 | deliver | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 heard | parataxis |
| 57 | up | up | ADP | _ | 56 deliver | compound:prt |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 things | det |
| 59 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 things | amod |
| 60 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 deliver | obj |
| 61 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 has | nsubj |
| 62 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 has | nsubj |
| 63 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 60 things | acl:relcl |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 free | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 free | cc |
| 66 | also | also | ADV | _ | 68 free | advmod |
| 67 | set | set | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 free | amod |
| 68 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 deliver | conj |
| 69 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 71 knights | det |
| 70 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 knights | nmod:poss |
| 71 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 free | nsubj |
| 72 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 74 has | mark |
| 73 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 74 has | nsubj |
| 74 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 free | advcl |
| 75 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 76 keeping | mark |
| 76 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 74 has | advcl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the King | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | past | this words | of pity; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | send | participle | the King not said here | for Roland | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | the King not said here | Fair nephew | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 5 | go in a quote | must | King | Aygremore | the morrow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to aygremore=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | get in a quote | infinitive | speech of Balan | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speech=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | King not said here | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | straightway in a quote | must | King | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | deliver up in a quote | present | the holy things | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | |||||
| 10 | have in a quote | present | the holy things | King nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | have in a quote | present | King | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 12 | keep in a quote | gerund | King not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 13 | speak in a quote | Balan | nom speech «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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