Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 46
Then the other knights fell upon the rest of the Saracens and slew them, one only escaping, who did not draw rein till he came to the Admiral.
Who acts: other knights, one, Maradas · What happens: fall, slay, escape, not draw, come · To what, where: rest, knights, rein, Admiral
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 (other knights, one, Maradas), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 fell | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 knights | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knights | amod |
| 4 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fell | nsubj |
| 5 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 rest | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rest | det |
| 8 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fell | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Saracens | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Saracens | det |
| 11 | Saracens | Saracen | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 rest | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 slew | cc |
| 13 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fell | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 slew | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 escaping | punct |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 escaping | nsubj |
| 17 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 escaping | advmod |
| 18 | escaping | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 slew | advcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 draw | punct |
| 20 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 draw | nsubj |
| 21 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 draw | aux |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 draw | advmod |
| 23 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 escaping | conj |
| 24 | rein | rein | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 draw | obj |
| 25 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 27 came | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 came | nsubj |
| 27 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 draw | advcl |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 Admiral | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Admiral | det |
| 30 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 came | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the other knights | the rest of the Saracens | then | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon rest=Location | |||
| 2 | slay | past | the other knights not said here | knights = knight | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 3 | escape | gerund | one | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not draw | past · do-support | rein | who nsubj | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rein=Theme | ||||
| 5 | come | past | Maradas | the Admiral | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to admiral=Initial_Location |
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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