Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 43
And he said to his comrades, "What means, think you, this gallows-tree that these Saracens are setting up?"
Who acts: thing, that · What happens: say, mean, think, set up · To what, where: comrades · 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 (thing, that), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 comrades | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 comrades | nmod:poss |
| 6 | comrades | comrade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 said | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 means | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 means | punct |
| 9 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 means | nsubj |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 think | punct |
| 12 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 means | ccomp |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 think | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 gallows | punct |
| 15 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 gallows | det |
| 16 | gallows | gallows | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 think | obl |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 tree | punct |
| 18 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gallows | appos |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 setting | nsubj |
| 20 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 21 Saracens | det |
| 21 | Saracens | saracen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 setting | nsubj |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 setting | aux |
| 23 | setting | set | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 tree | conj |
| 24 | up | up | ADP | _ | 23 setting | compound:prt |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 think | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 think | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | past | thing | thing's comrades | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to comrade=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | What nsubj | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other in a quote | infinitive | thing's comrades = comrade | this gallows obl | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | ||||
| 4 | set up in a quote | present · progressive | that | this Saracens nsubj | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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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