Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 120
But the Admiral was aware of their purpose, and he sent against them his nephew, Espoulart by name, who was a very strong and valiant knight.
Who acts: Admiral, name, Lords · What happens: be, send, purpose · To what, where: nephew, strong knight
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, name, Lords), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 aware | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Admiral | det |
| 3 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aware | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 aware | cop |
| 5 | aware | aware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 purpose | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 purpose | nmod:poss |
| 8 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aware | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sent | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sent | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sent | nsubj |
| 12 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 aware | conj |
| 13 | against | against | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 sent | obl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 16 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sent | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Espoulart | punct |
| 18 | Espoulart | Espoulart | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 nephew | appos |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 name | case |
| 20 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sent | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 knight | punct |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 knight | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 knight | cop |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 knight | det |
| 25 | very | very | ADV | _ | 26 strong | advmod |
| 26 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 knight | amod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 valiant | cc |
| 28 | valiant | valiant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 strong | conj |
| 29 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 name | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 aware | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Admiral | of Lords's purpose; aware property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send | past | Admiral | Admiral's nephew | against Lords = lord; by name and a strong knight | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nephew=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a | past | name and a strong knight | a strong knight | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | purpose | Lords = lord | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: 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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