Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 114
So after a while the King, Fierabras helping, made peace, but "first," said he, "Aloys that spake so scornfully of Duke Reyner must crave pardon."
Who acts: King, Aloys, helping · What happens: help, make, say, speak, crave · To what, where: Aloys, peace, pardon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of Richard of Normandy. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Aloys, helping), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 32 crave | advmod |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 while | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 while | det |
| 4 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 So | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 helping | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Fierabras | punct |
| 8 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 King | conj |
| 9 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 crave | csubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 made | punct |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 helping | xcomp |
| 12 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 said | cc |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 first | punct |
| 16 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 19 said | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 first | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 first | punct |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 helping | conj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | nsubj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 Aloys | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 Aloys | punct |
| 23 | Aloys | aloy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 helping | obl |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 spake | nsubj |
| 25 | spake | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 Aloys | acl:relcl |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 27 scornfully | advmod |
| 27 | scornfully | scornfully | ADV | _ | 25 spake | advmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Duke | case |
| 29 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 scornfully | obl |
| 30 | Reyner | Reyner | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Duke | flat |
| 31 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 crave | aux |
| 32 | crave | crave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 33 | pardon | pardon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 crave | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 crave | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 crave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | gerund | the King and Fierabras | Aloys | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | participle | Aloys not said here | peace | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset peace=Product | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | King | first property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | speak speech: other in a quote | present | Aloys | scornfully property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | crave in a quote | must | helping | pardon | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pardon=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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