Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 122
As soon as Duke Richard was come to where he stood, the King asked him concerning Roland and the Peers.
Who acts: Duke, King · What happens: come, stand, ask, concern · To what, where: Duke
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 (Duke, King), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 asked | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 come | mark |
| 4 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 come | nsubj |
| 5 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Duke | flat |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | aux:pass |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 soon | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 11 stood | mark |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 stood | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 11 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 soon | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 asked | nsubj |
| 15 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 asked | iobj |
| 17 | concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 Roland | case |
| 18 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 asked | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Peers | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Peers | det |
| 21 | Peers | Peer | PROPN | Number=Plur | 18 Roland | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · passive | Duke | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand | past | Duke | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | the King | Duke | concern Roland and the Peers; soon property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 4 | concern | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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