Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 117
Then the King consented, but with much sorrow, and all the nobler sort among his lords were greatly troubled that this should be done.
Who acts: King, nobler sort · What happens: consent, be, do · To what, where: this
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, nobler sort), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 consented | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 consented | nsubj |
| 4 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorrow | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 sorrow | cc |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 sorrow | case |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sorrow | amod |
| 9 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 consented | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 troubled | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 troubled | cc |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 sort | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sort | det |
| 14 | nobler | noble | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 sort | amod |
| 15 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 troubled | nsubj |
| 16 | among | among | ADP | _ | 18 lords | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 lords | nmod:poss |
| 18 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 sort | nmod |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 troubled | cop |
| 20 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 21 troubled | advmod |
| 21 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 consented | parataxis |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 done | mark |
| 23 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 done | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 done | aux |
| 25 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 done | aux:pass |
| 26 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 troubled | advcl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 consented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consent | past | the King | then | with much sorrow | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | past | all nobler sort among King's lords | greatly, troubled property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | should · passive | this | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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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