Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of the French Knights, sentence 66

As for the Frenchmen, he vowed that he would drag them at the tails of his horses, making sure that they could not hold out, because they had nothing to eat, nor could their King send them any help, "for," said he, "all help must needs come over the bridge Mantryble, and that bridge we hold."

Who acts: Admiral, Frenchmen, King, needs, bridge · What happens: vow, drag, make, not hold out, have, eat · To what, where: Frenchmen, tails, nothing, help, bridge · 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 (Admiral, Frenchmen, King, needs), 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	As	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	4 Frenchmen	case
2	for	for	ADP	_	1 As	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Frenchmen	det
4	Frenchmen	Frenchman	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 vowed	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Frenchmen	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 vowed	nsubj
7	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	49 said	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 drag	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 drag	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 drag	aux
11	drag	drag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 vowed	ccomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 drag	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 tails	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tails	det
15	tails	tail	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 drag	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 horses	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 horses	nmod:poss
18	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 tails	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 making	punct
20	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 drag	advcl
21	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 making	xcomp
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	26 hold	mark
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 hold	nsubj
24	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 hold	aux
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 hold	advmod
26	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 sure	ccomp
27	out	out	ADP	_	26 hold	compound:prt
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 had	punct
29	because	because	SCONJ	_	31 had	mark
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 had	nsubj
31	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 vowed	conj
32	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	31 had	obj
33	to	to	PART	_	34 eat	mark
34	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 nothing	acl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 send	punct
36	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	40 send	cc
37	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 send	aux
38	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 King	nmod:poss
39	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 send	nsubj
40	send	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 vowed	conj
41	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 send	obj
42	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	43 help	det
43	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 send	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 send	punct
45	"	"	PUNCT	_	40 send	punct
46	for	for	ADP	_	40 send	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 send	punct
48	"	"	PUNCT	_	40 send	punct
49	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 said	ccomp
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 he	punct
52	"	"	PUNCT	_	54 help	punct
53	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	54 help	det
54	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 he	appos
55	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	57 come	aux
56	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 come	nsubj
57	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	54 help	acl:relcl
58	over	over	ADP	_	60 bridge	case
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 bridge	det
60	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	57 come	obl
61	Mantryble	Mantryble	PROPN	Number=Sing	60 bridge	appos
62	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 hold	punct
63	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 hold	cc
64	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	65 bridge	det
65	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	67 hold	nsubj
66	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	67 hold	nsubj
67	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	57 come	conj
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	49 said	punct
69	"	"	PUNCT	_	49 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	vow	past	Admiral			as the Frenchmen	tree rules
2	drag	would	Admiral	Frenchmen = frenchman	the tails of Admiral's horses		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	make	gerund	Admiral not said here			sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	not hold out	could	Frenchmen = frenchman				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	have	past	Frenchmen = frenchman	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
6	eat	to-infinitive	Frenchmen = frenchman not said here	nothing not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	send	could	Frenchmen's King	Frenchmen = frenchman		any help obj	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination help=Theme
8	say speech: assert	past				Admiral ccomp	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	come in a quote	must	needs	all help not said here	the bridge		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location help=Theme
10	hold in a quote	present	that bridge			we nsubj	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of the French Knights, sentence 66