Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 117
He said to his comrades, "I see Balan at his supper with his lords; he is taking his ease, and it would be to our great honour if we make him rise up from his meat."
Who acts: Admiral, supper, we · What happens: say, see, take, be, make, rise up · To what, where: comrades, Balan, supper, ease, Admiral, meat · 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, supper, we), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 comrades | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 comrades | nmod:poss |
| 5 | comrades | comrade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 see | nsubj |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 comrades | acl:relcl |
| 10 | Balan | Balan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 supper | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 supper | nmod:poss |
| 13 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 lords | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 lords | nmod:poss |
| 16 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 supper | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 taking | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 taking | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 taking | aux |
| 20 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 said | advcl |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 ease | nmod:poss |
| 22 | ease | ease | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 taking | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 honour | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 honour | cc |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 honour | nsubj |
| 26 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 honour | aux |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 honour | cop |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 honour | case |
| 29 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 honour | nmod:poss |
| 30 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 honour | amod |
| 31 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 taking | conj |
| 32 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 34 make | mark |
| 33 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 make | nsubj |
| 34 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 taking | advcl |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 make | obj |
| 36 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 make | xcomp |
| 37 | up | up | ADP | _ | 36 rise | compound:prt |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 meat | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 meat | nmod:poss |
| 40 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 rise | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Admiral | Admiral's comrades | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to comrade=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | see in a quote | present | Admiral | Balan | Admiral's supper with Admiral's lords | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer balan=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | take in a quote | present · progressive | Admiral | Admiral's ease | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ease=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | would | supper | to our great honour; our nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | make a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | we | Admiral | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | rise up in a quote | infinitive | Admiral not said here | Admiral's meat | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from meat=Initial_Location |
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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