Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Guy of Burgundy, sentence 67
This done he ran to the gallows and cut the cords with which Guy was bound, and afterwards stood by him till he had armed himself.
Who acts: done, Guy · What happens: run, cut, be, stand, arm · To what, where: cords, done
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 (done, Guy), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 done | det |
| 2 | done | done | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ran | nsubj |
| 4 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 gallows | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gallows | det |
| 7 | gallows | gallows | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ran | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cut | cc |
| 9 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ran | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cords | det |
| 11 | cords | cord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 cut | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 which | case |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 bound | obl |
| 14 | Guy | Guy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 bound | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 bound | cop |
| 16 | bound | bound | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cords | acl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 stood | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 stood | cc |
| 19 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 20 stood | advmod |
| 20 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ran | conj |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 him | case |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 stood | obl |
| 23 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 26 armed | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 armed | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 armed | aux |
| 26 | armed | arm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 stood | advcl |
| 27 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 26 armed | obj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ran | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past | this done | to the gallows result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to gallows=Result | ||||
| 2 | cut | past | this done not said here | the cords | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cord=Product | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Guy | with the cords; bound property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | stand | past | this done not said here | by done; afterwards property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by he=Location | ||||
| 5 | arm | past · perfect | done | done | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient |
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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