Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of Floripas, sentence 23
Last of all came Guy of Burgundy, who, after he had delivered the message said, "I counsel you, Sir Admiral, to submit yourself to my lord the King.
Who acts: Last, Guy · What happens: come, deliver, say, counsel, submit · To what, where: message, you, yourself, lord · 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 (Last, Guy), 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 | Last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 came | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Last | nmod |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Burgundy | case |
| 7 | Burgundy | Burgundy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Guy | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 said | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 delivered | punct |
| 11 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 14 delivered | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 delivered | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 delivered | aux |
| 14 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 who | appos |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 message | det |
| 16 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 delivered | obj |
| 17 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Guy | parataxis |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 counsel | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 counsel | punct |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 counsel | nsubj |
| 21 | counsel | counsel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 said | ccomp |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 counsel | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Admiral | punct |
| 24 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Admiral | nmod:desc |
| 25 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 counsel | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 submit | punct |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 submit | mark |
| 28 | submit | submit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 21 counsel | conj |
| 29 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 28 submit | obj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 lord | case |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 lord | nmod:poss |
| 32 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 submit | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 King | det |
| 34 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 lord | appos |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Last of all | Guy of Burgundy nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | deliver | past · perfect | Guy | the message | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Patient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Guy of Burgundy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | counsel speech: other in a quote | present | Guy of Burgundy = guy | you | Admiral Sir obl | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 5 | submit in a quote | to-infinitive | Guy of Burgundy = guy not said here | yourself | my lord | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme to lord=Recipient |
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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