Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 74
Leave the matter to me, and I will deal so with the porter, that he will let us pass over the bridge without any trouble."
Who acts: you, I, porter, us · What happens: leave, deal, let, pass · To what, where: matter, me, us, 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 (you, I, porter, us), 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 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 matter | det |
| 3 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 me | case |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 deal | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 deal | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 deal | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 deal | aux |
| 10 | deal | deal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | parataxis |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 deal | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 porter | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 porter | det |
| 14 | porter | porter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 deal | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 let | punct |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 let | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 let | nsubj |
| 18 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 let | aux |
| 19 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 deal | conj |
| 20 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 let | obj |
| 21 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 let | xcomp |
| 22 | over | over | ADP | _ | 24 bridge | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bridge | det |
| 24 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 pass | obl |
| 25 | without | without | ADP | _ | 27 trouble | case |
| 26 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 27 trouble | det |
| 27 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 pass | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leave | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the matter | me | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to i=Recipient | |||
| 2 | deal | future | I | with the porter | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with porter=Theme | ||||
| 3 | let | future | porter | us | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pass | infinitive | us not said here | the bridge | without any trouble | 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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