Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 62
When the Duke Naymes saw the bridge, he said, "This is Mantryble, and on the other side of the bridge lies the town of Aygremore, where we shall find the Admiral."
Who acts: Duke Naymes, Naymes, This, town, we · What happens: see, say, be, lie, find · To what, where: bridge, Mantryble, other side, Admiral · 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 (Duke Naymes, Naymes, This, town), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Naymes | det |
| 3 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Naymes | compound |
| 4 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bridge | det |
| 7 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Mantryble | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Mantryble | punct |
| 13 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 Mantryble | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 Mantryble | cop |
| 15 | Mantryble | Mantryble | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 lies | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 lies | cc |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 side | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 side | det |
| 20 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 side | amod |
| 21 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lies | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 bridge | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bridge | det |
| 24 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 side | nmod |
| 25 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 town | det |
| 27 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lies | nsubj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Aygremore | case |
| 29 | Aygremore | Aygremore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 town | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 find | punct |
| 31 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 34 find | advmod |
| 32 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 find | nsubj |
| 33 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 find | aux |
| 34 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 town | acl:relcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Admiral | det |
| 36 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 find | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 lies | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 lies | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Duke Naymes | the bridge | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Naymes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | This | Mantryble | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | lie in a quote | present | the town of Aygremore | the other side of the bridge | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | ||||
| 5 | find in a quote | shall | we | the Admiral | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admiral=Topic |
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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