Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Bridge of Mantryble, sentence 95
When the Duke Naymes, looking behind him, saw what he had done, he said, "Surely the devil is in this Roland; he has no patience in him.
Who acts: Duke Naymes, Naymes, devil · What happens: look, see, do, say, be, have · To what, where: Roland, patience · 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, devil), 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 | 10 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 | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 looking | punct |
| 6 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 Naymes | acl |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 looking | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saw | punct |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 said | advcl |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 done | obj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 done | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 done | aux |
| 14 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 saw | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saw | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 said | nsubj |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Roland | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 Roland | punct |
| 20 | Surely | surely | ADV | _ | 26 Roland | advmod |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 devil | det |
| 22 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 Roland | nsubj |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 Roland | cop |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 Roland | case |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 Roland | det |
| 26 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 said | ccomp |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 has | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 has | nsubj |
| 29 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 said | conj |
| 30 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 31 patience | det |
| 31 | patience | patience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 has | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 him | case |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 patience | nmod |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | the Duke Naymes not said here | behind Naymes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | past | the Duke Naymes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | do | past · perfect | Naymes | what obj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Naymes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | the devil | this Roland | surely property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | devil | no patience | in Roland | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=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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