Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of the French Knights, sentence 108
The Saracens blindfolded him and led him away, King Clarion meanwhile scoffing at him and saying, "Cry and bray as you will, my fair friend," for Guy called upon God to help him, "nothing will avail you.
Who acts: Saracens, King, nothing · What happens: blindfold, lead away, scoff, say, cry, bray · To what, where: knight, Guy, 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 the French Knights. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Saracens, King, nothing), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Saracens | det |
| 2 | Saracens | saracen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 blindfolded | nsubj |
| 3 | blindfolded | blindfold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blindfolded | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 led | cc |
| 6 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 blindfolded | conj |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 led | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 led | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 scoffing | punct |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 scoffing | nsubj |
| 11 | Clarion | Clarion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 King | flat |
| 12 | meanwhile | meanwhile | ADV | _ | 13 scoffing | advmod |
| 13 | scoffing | scoff | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 blindfolded | advcl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 scoffing | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 saying | cc |
| 17 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 scoffing | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Cry | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Cry | punct |
| 20 | Cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 saying | ccomp |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 bray | cc |
| 22 | bray | bray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 Cry | conj |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 will | mark |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 will | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 bray | advcl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 friend | punct |
| 27 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 friend | nmod:poss |
| 28 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 friend | amod |
| 29 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Cry | advcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 friend | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 friend | punct |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 Guy | case |
| 33 | Guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Cry | obl |
| 34 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 Guy | acl |
| 35 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 36 God | case |
| 36 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 called | obl |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 help | mark |
| 38 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 Cry | advcl |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 help | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 avail | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 avail | punct |
| 42 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 44 avail | nsubj |
| 43 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 avail | aux |
| 44 | avail | avail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 Cry | conj |
| 45 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 avail | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 blindfolded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blindfold | past | the Saracens | knight | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination | ||||
| 2 | lead away | past | the Saracens not said here | knight | away property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | scoff | gerund | King | at knight; meanwhile property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | gerund | King not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | cry speech: express in a quote | infinitive | for Guy; my fair friend advcl | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for guy=Recipient | |||||
| 6 | bray in a quote | infinitive | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 7 | call | participle | Guy not said here | upon God | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | help | to-infinitive | knight | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | |||||
| 9 | avail in a quote | future | nothing | you | 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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