Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 36
Be sure that the Frenchmen, when they shall see that their comrade is about to be hanged will come forth to succour him, and when they be come, then shall your Turks that are in ambush fall on them and take them."
Who acts: you, Frenchmen, comrade, Turks · What happens: be, see, hange, come, succour, fall · To what, where: prisoner, Frenchmen, ambush, Turks · 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 (you, Frenchmen, comrade, Turks), 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 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sure | cop |
| 2 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 Frenchmen | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Frenchmen | det |
| 5 | Frenchmen | Frenchman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 40 fall | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 see | punct |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 see | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 9 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Frenchmen | conj |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 about | mark |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 comrade | nmod:poss |
| 13 | comrade | comrade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 about | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 about | cop |
| 15 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 see | ccomp |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 hanged | mark |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 hanged | aux:pass |
| 18 | hanged | hange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 come | advcl |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 come | aux |
| 20 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 about | parataxis |
| 21 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 20 come | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 succour | mark |
| 23 | succour | succour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 come | xcomp |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 succour | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 come | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 come | cc |
| 27 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 come | advmod |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 come | nsubj |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 come | aux:pass |
| 30 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 Frenchmen | acl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Turks | punct |
| 32 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 Turks | advmod |
| 33 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 Turks | aux |
| 34 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 Turks | nmod:poss |
| 35 | Turks | turk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 fall | nsubj |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 ambush | nsubj |
| 37 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 ambush | cop |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 ambush | case |
| 39 | ambush | ambush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Turks | acl:relcl |
| 40 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 sure | parataxis |
| 41 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 them | case |
| 42 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 fall | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 take | cc |
| 44 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 40 fall | conj |
| 45 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 take | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sure | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 sure | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | imperative | you not said here | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | shall | Frenchmen = frenchman | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | present | Frenchmen's comrade | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hange | to-infinitive · passive | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | come | future | forth property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | succour | to-infinitive | prisoner | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | come | infinitive · passive | Frenchmen = frenchman | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 8 | is | present | your Turks | ambush | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | fall | present | the Frenchmen | on Turks = turk | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on they=Location | ||||
| 10 | take | infinitive | the Frenchmen not said here | Turks = turk | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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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