Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Doings of the French Knights, sentence 68
In this way they did but little damage, but the knights and the maidens in the castle were sorely pressed for want of food, nor did any one suffer more than Floripas herself, who was grieved not for herself only, but for the knights also, and for the maidens that waited on her.
Who acts: darts, one, maidens · What happens: do, press, suffer, grieve, wait, want · To what, where: way, knights, more, food
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 (darts, one, maidens), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 way | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obl |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 damage | cc |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 damage | amod |
| 8 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 pressed | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 pressed | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 knights | det |
| 12 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 pressed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 maidens | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 maidens | det |
| 15 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 knights | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 castle | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 castle | det |
| 18 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 knights | nmod |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 pressed | aux:pass |
| 20 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 21 pressed | advmod |
| 21 | pressed | press | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 did | conj |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 want | case |
| 23 | want | want | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 pressed | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 food | case |
| 25 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 want | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 did | punct |
| 27 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 28 did | cc |
| 28 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | conj |
| 29 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 30 one | det |
| 30 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 suffer | nsubj |
| 31 | suffer | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 did | ccomp |
| 32 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 31 suffer | obj |
| 33 | than | than | ADP | _ | 34 Floripas | case |
| 34 | Floripas | Floripas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 more | obl |
| 35 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 31 suffer | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 grieved | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 grieved | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 grieved | aux:pass |
| 39 | grieved | grieve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 suffer | conj |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 herself | advmod |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 42 herself | case |
| 42 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 grieved | obl |
| 43 | only | only | ADV | _ | 39 grieved | advmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 knights | punct |
| 45 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 knights | cc |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 knights | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 knights | det |
| 48 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 did | conj |
| 49 | also | also | ADV | _ | 48 knights | advmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 maidens | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 maidens | cc |
| 52 | for | for | ADP | _ | 54 maidens | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 maidens | det |
| 54 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 also | conj |
| 55 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 56 waited | nsubj |
| 56 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 maidens | acl:relcl |
| 57 | on | on | ADP | _ | 58 her | case |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 waited | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | darts = dart | this way | little damage conj; the knights conj | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | press | past · passive | the knights in the castle and the maidens | for want of food; sorely property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: subject=Result | ||||
| 3 | do | past | darts = dart not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | suffer | present | any one | more than Floripas | Floripas obl | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | grieve | past · passive | for Floripas; who nsubj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | wait | past | the maidens | on Floripas | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on she=Location | ||||
| 7 | want | food | nom want «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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