Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of Floripas, sentence 9
Balan said, "Let them be for the present," and turning to Duke Naymes, he said, "Finish now your message."
Who acts: Balan, Duke · What happens: say, let, be, turn, finish · To what, where: Balan, Duke, message · 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 (Balan, Duke), 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 | Balan | Balan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Let | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Let | punct |
| 5 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 Let | obj |
| 7 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Let | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 present | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 present | det |
| 10 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 be | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Let | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Let | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 turning | cc |
| 14 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 said | conj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 Duke | case |
| 16 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 turning | obl |
| 17 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Duke | flat |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 said | nsubj |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Finish | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Finish | punct |
| 23 | Finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 said | ccomp |
| 24 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 Finish | advmod |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 message | nmod:poss |
| 26 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 Finish | obj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 Finish | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Finish | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Balan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | Balan | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | be in a quote | infinitive | Balan not said here | for the present | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | turn | gerund | Balan not said here | Duke | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to duke=Result | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Duke | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | finish in a quote | infinitive | your message | now | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality message=Eventuality |
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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