Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of Floripas, sentence 5
So the Duke spake first, beginning in this fashion, "Now may God Almighty save and defend our mighty Lord King Charles, and confound Balan the Admiral and his subjects.
Who acts: Duke spake, God · What happens: begin, save, defend, confound · To what, where: fashion, mighty Charles, Balan
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 (Duke spake, God), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 7 beginning | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 spake | det |
| 3 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 spake | compound |
| 4 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beginning | nsubj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 beginning | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 beginning | punct |
| 7 | beginning | begin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 save | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 fashion | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 fashion | det |
| 10 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beginning | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 beginning | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 save | punct |
| 13 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 save | advmod |
| 14 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 save | aux |
| 15 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 save | nsubj |
| 16 | Almighty | Almighty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 God | flat |
| 17 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 defend | cc |
| 19 | defend | defend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 save | conj |
| 20 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 Charles | nmod:poss |
| 21 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Charles | amod |
| 22 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 King | compound |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 24 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 defend | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 confound | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 confound | cc |
| 27 | confound | confound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 save | conj |
| 28 | Balan | Balan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 confound | obj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Admiral | det |
| 30 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Balan | appos |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 subjects | cc |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 33 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 Balan | conj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 save | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | begin | gerund | the Duke spake | this fashion | first property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | save in a quote | may | God | now | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | defend in a quote | infinitive | God not said here | our mighty Charles Lord King | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charles=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | confound in a quote | infinitive | God not said here | Balan and God's subjects | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus balan=Experiencer |
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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