Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 45

Each brake the corselet of the other with his spear's point; but Roland dealt Maradas such a blow that he brake his helmet from off his head, and then, quickly recovering himself, smote him on his bare skull and cleft it to the brain, so that he fell down dead.

Who acts: you, Roland, Maradas, spear · What happens: break, deal, blow, recover, smote, fall down · To what, where: corselet, helmet, Maradas, bare skull

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, Roland, Maradas, spear), 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	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 brake	advmod
2	brake	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 corselet	det
4	corselet	corselet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brake	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 other	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 other	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 corselet	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 point	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 spear	nmod:poss
10	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 point	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 spear	case
12	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 other	obl
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 dealt	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 dealt	cc
15	Roland	Roland	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 dealt	nsubj
16	dealt	deal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 brake	conj
17	Maradas	Maradas	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 blow	nsubj
18	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	20 blow	det:predet
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 blow	det
20	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dealt	obj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 brake	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 brake	nsubj
23	brake	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 blow	acl:relcl
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 helmet	nmod:poss
25	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 brake	obj
26	from	from	ADP	_	29 head	case
27	off	off	ADP	_	29 head	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 head	nmod:poss
29	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 brake	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 recovering	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 recovering	cc
32	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	35 recovering	advmod
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 recovering	punct
34	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	35 recovering	advmod
35	recovering	recover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 dealt	advcl
36	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	35 recovering	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 smote	punct
38	smote	smote	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 brake	conj
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 smote	obj
40	on	on	ADP	_	43 skull	case
41	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 skull	nmod:poss
42	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 skull	amod
43	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 smote	obl
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 cleft	cc
45	cleft	cleft	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 skull	conj
46	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 smote	obj
47	to	to	ADP	_	49 brain	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 brain	det
49	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 smote	obl
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 fell	punct
51	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	54 fell	mark
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	51 so	fixed
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 fell	nsubj
54	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 smote	conj
55	down	down	ADV	_	56 dead	advmod
56	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 fell	advcl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 brake	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	imperative	you not said here	the corselet of the other with Maradas's spear's point				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer corselet=Patient
2	deal	past	Roland					vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	blow		Maradas					tree rules
4	break	past	Maradas	Maradas's helmet			from Maradas's head	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient from head=Co-Patient
5	recover	gerund	Roland not said here	Maradas		then	quickly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
6	smote	infinitive	you not said here	Maradas	Maradas's bare skull and cleft		to the brain; helmet obj	tree rules
7	fall down	past	Maradas					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	point		Maradas's spear					nom point «cognition 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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 45