Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 83

He said to the Duke Naymes, "Hear me; you must pay your toll for the passing of this bridge."

Who acts: porter, Duke Naymes, your · What happens: say, hear, pay, toll, pass · To what, where: Duke Naymes, porter, toll, bridge · 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 (porter, Duke Naymes, your), 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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 Naymes	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Naymes	det
5	Duke	Duke	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Naymes	compound
6	Naymes	Naymes	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Hear	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Hear	punct
9	Hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 said	parataxis
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 Hear	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 pay	punct
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 pay	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 pay	aux
14	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 Hear	conj
15	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 toll	nmod:poss
16	toll	toll	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pay	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 passing	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passing	det
19	passing	passing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pay	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 bridge	case
21	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 bridge	det
22	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 passing	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 Hear	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Hear	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	porter		the Duke Naymes		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to naymes=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hear in a quote	infinitive		porter			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
3	pay in a quote	must	the Duke Naymes = naymes	your toll		for the passing of this bridge	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent toll=Asset for passing=Theme
4	toll in a quote		your				nom toll «possession transitive»: poss=agent
5	pass in a quote			this bridge			nom passing «act transitive»: of=patient

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 83

The tree

Pragmatics

Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 83