Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 110
The Admiral, when he saw this, cried with a loud voice to his captains, "Cease now from the assault, for it turns to my great loss; see now how my treasure which I have gathered with much pains is scattered about.
Who acts: Admiral, assault, my · What happens: see, cry, turn, gather, scatter, treasure · To what, where: this, captains, assault, great loss, treasure · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Guy of Burgundy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Admiral, assault, my), 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 Admiral | det |
| 2 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Admiral | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 saw | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 saw | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 cried | punct |
| 9 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 saw | conj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 voice | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 voice | det |
| 12 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 voice | amod |
| 13 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cried | obl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 captains | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 captains | nmod:poss |
| 16 | captains | captain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 cried | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Cease | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 Cease | punct |
| 19 | Cease | cease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 captains | conj |
| 20 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 assault | advmod |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 assault | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 assault | det |
| 23 | assault | assault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cried | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 turns | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 turns | mark |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 turns | nsubj |
| 27 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 cried | conj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 loss | case |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 loss | nmod:poss |
| 30 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 loss | amod |
| 31 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 turns | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 see | punct |
| 33 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 turns | conj |
| 34 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 see | advmod |
| 35 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 46 scattered | advmod |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 treasure | nmod:poss |
| 37 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 scattered | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 gathered | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 gathered | nsubj |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 gathered | aux |
| 41 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 treasure | acl:relcl |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 pains | case |
| 43 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 pains | amod |
| 44 | pains | pain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 gathered | obl |
| 45 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 scattered | aux:pass |
| 46 | scattered | scatter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 see | advcl |
| 47 | about | about | ADV | _ | 46 scattered | advmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Admiral | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the Admiral not said here | Admiral's captains and Cease | the assault | with a loud voice | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to captain=Recipient | ||
| 3 | turn in a quote | present | assault | my great loss | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to loss=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | see in a quote | infinitive | assault not said here | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | gather in a quote | present · perfect · passive | my treasure | with much pains; I nsubj | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with pain=Co-Patient | ||||
| 6 | scatter in a quote | present · passive | my treasure | about property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | treasure in a quote | my | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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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