Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 60
When the Saracens that lay in ambush saw this, they rose up from the place where they lay hid, a certain Conifer, a pagan of marvellous strength, being their leader.
Who acts: Saracens, Frenchmen · What happens: lay, see, rise up, hide, be · To what, where: ambush, this, leader, place
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 (Saracens, Frenchmen), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Saracens | det |
| 3 | Saracens | saracen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lay | nsubj |
| 5 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Saracens | acl:relcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ambush | case |
| 7 | ambush | ambush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lay | obl |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 rose | advcl |
| 9 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 saw | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saw | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 rose | nsubj |
| 12 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 place | csubj |
| 13 | up | up | ADV | _ | 12 rose | advmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 place | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 place | det |
| 16 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 17 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 19 lay | advmod |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 lay | nsubj |
| 19 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 place | acl:relcl |
| 20 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 lay | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Conifer | punct |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 Conifer | det |
| 23 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 Conifer | amod |
| 24 | Conifer | Conifer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 place | appos |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 pagan | punct |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 pagan | det |
| 27 | pagan | pagan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Conifer | appos |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 strength | case |
| 29 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 strength | amod |
| 30 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 pagan | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 leader | punct |
| 32 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 leader | cop |
| 33 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 leader | nmod:poss |
| 34 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Conifer | appos |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 place | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | present | the Saracens | ambush | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in ambush=Destination | ||||
| 2 | see | past | the Saracens | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | rise up | past | Frenchmen = frenchman | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | lay | present | Frenchmen = frenchman | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | hide | past | Frenchmen = frenchman not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a | gerund | Frenchmen's leader | Frenchmen = frenchman nmod:poss | tree rules |
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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