Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 30
At which word all the Saracens that were in the chamber fell upon him and beat him so sorely that he would have been shortly slain, but that the Admiral himself cried out that he was not to be put to death in such a fashion.
Who acts: chamber, Admiral · What happens: be, fall, beat, cry out, not put · To what, where: chamber, Saracens, Admiral, fashion, word
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 (chamber, Admiral), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 word | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 word | det |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 Saracens | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Saracens | det |
| 6 | Saracens | saracen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 word | appos |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 fell | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 chamber | cop |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 chamber | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 chamber | det |
| 11 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 Saracens | acl:relcl |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fell | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 beat | cc |
| 16 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 fell | conj |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 beat | obj |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 sorely | advmod |
| 19 | sorely | sorely | ADV | _ | 16 beat | advmod |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 slain | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 slain | nsubj |
| 22 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 slain | aux |
| 23 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 slain | aux |
| 24 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 slain | cop |
| 25 | shortly | shortly | ADV | _ | 26 slain | advmod |
| 26 | slain | slain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 beat | advcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 cried | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 cried | cc |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 cried | mark |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Admiral | det |
| 31 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cried | nsubj |
| 32 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 33 cried | nsubj |
| 33 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 fell | conj |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 33 cried | compound:prt |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 41 put | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 put | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 put | aux:pass |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 41 put | advmod |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 put | mark |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 put | aux:pass |
| 41 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 cried | advcl |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 death | case |
| 43 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 put | obl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 fashion | case |
| 45 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 47 fashion | det:predet |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 fashion | det |
| 47 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 put | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 word | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the chamber | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fall | past | the chamber | all Saracens | upon Saracen | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | |||
| 3 | beat | infinitive | the chamber not said here | chamber | sorely property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | |||
| 4 | is | would · perfect | chamber | shortly, slain property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | cry out speech: express | past | the Admiral | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | not put | past · passive | Admiral | such fashion | to death | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in fashion=Destination |
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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