Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of Floripas, sentence 18
But none spake more fiercely and proudly than Roland, who, after that he had bidden the Admiral render the Holy Things and the knights his prisoners, added, "And see that you give up these same prisoners in good case; otherwise King Charles will have you hanged by the neck as a thief."
Who acts: none, Roland, you, Charles · What happens: speak, bid, render, add, see, give up · To what, where: Admiral, Holy Things, same prisoners, good case, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Doings of Floripas. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (none, Roland, you, Charles), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 spake | cc |
| 2 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 3 spake | nsubj |
| 3 | spake | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 fiercely | advmod |
| 5 | fiercely | fiercely | ADV | _ | 3 spake | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 proudly | cc |
| 7 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 5 fiercely | conj |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 Roland | case |
| 9 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 render | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 render | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 render | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bidden | punct |
| 13 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 17 bidden | mark |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 bidden | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 bidden | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 bidden | aux |
| 17 | bidden | bid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 who | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Admiral | det |
| 19 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bidden | obj |
| 20 | render | render | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 spake | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Things | det |
| 22 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 23 Things | compound |
| 23 | Things | Thing | PROPN | Number=Plur | 20 render | obj |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 knights | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 knights | det |
| 26 | knights | Knight | PROPN | Number=Plur | 23 Things | conj |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 prisoners | nmod:poss |
| 28 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 knights | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 added | punct |
| 30 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 Things | acl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 added | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 added | punct |
| 33 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 see | cc |
| 34 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 added | conj |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 give | mark |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 give | nsubj |
| 37 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 see | ccomp |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 give | compound:prt |
| 39 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 41 prisoners | det |
| 40 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 prisoners | amod |
| 41 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 give | obj |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 case | case |
| 43 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 case | amod |
| 44 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 give | obl |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 have | punct |
| 46 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 50 have | advmod |
| 47 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 48 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 have | nsubj |
| 49 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 have | aux |
| 50 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 spake | conj |
| 51 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 50 have | obj |
| 52 | hanged | hange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 have | xcomp |
| 53 | by | by | ADP | _ | 55 neck | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 neck | det |
| 55 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 hanged | obl |
| 56 | as | as | ADP | _ | 58 thief | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 58 thief | det |
| 58 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 hanged | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 spake | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 spake | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present | none | fiercely property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bid | past · perfect | Roland | the Admiral | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | render | present | the Holy Things and the knights Roland's prisoners | than Roland; who nsubj | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | ||||
| 4 | add speech: assert | participle | the Holy Things and the knights Roland's prisoners not said here | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | see in a quote | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 6 | give up in a quote | present | you | this same prisoners | good case | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Source | |||
| 7 | have in a quote | future | Charles King | you | otherwise property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | hange in a quote | participle | you not said here | by the neck; as a thief | tree rules |
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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