Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 69

He is armed with an axe of steel with which to smite down any one that may presume to pass over the bridge against his will."

Who acts: current, steel, one · What happens: be, smite down, presume, pass · To what, where: one, bridge

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 (current, steel, one), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 armed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 armed	cop
3	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 axe	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 axe	det
6	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 armed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 steel	case
8	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 axe	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 smite	nsubj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 smite	mark
12	smite	smite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 steel	acl:relcl
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 smite	compound:prt
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 smite	obj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 presume	nsubj
17	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 presume	aux
18	presume	presume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 one	acl:relcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 pass	mark
20	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 presume	xcomp
21	over	over	ADP	_	23 bridge	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bridge	det
23	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 pass	obl
24	against	against	ADP	_	26 will	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 will	nmod:poss
26	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 pass	advcl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 armed	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 armed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	current			with a axe of steel; armed property	tree rules
2	smite down	to-infinitive	steel	any one			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus one=Experiencer
3	presume	may	any one				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	pass	to-infinitive	any one not said here		the bridge		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over bridge=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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🌲 Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 69

The tree

Pragmatics

Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 69