Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 14
Then others proffered to go, as William the Scot, and Gerard, and Guy of Burgundy, this last being willing with all his heart, but Floripas would not suffer it.
Who acts: others, this, Guy · What happens: proffer, go, be, not suffer · To what, where: Gerard, heart
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 (others, this, 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 proffered | advmod |
| 2 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 proffered | nsubj |
| 3 | proffered | proffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 proffered | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 William | punct |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 William | case |
| 8 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Scot | det |
| 10 | Scot | Scot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 William | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Gerard | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Gerard | cc |
| 13 | Gerard | Gerard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 proffered | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 suffer | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 suffer | cc |
| 16 | Guy | Guy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 suffer | nsubj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Burgundy | case |
| 18 | Burgundy | Burgundy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Guy | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 willing | punct |
| 20 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 willing | nsubj |
| 21 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 willing | amod |
| 22 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 willing | cop |
| 23 | willing | willing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 Guy | parataxis |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 heart | case |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 heart | det:predet |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 heart | nmod:poss |
| 27 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 willing | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 suffer | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 suffer | cc |
| 30 | Floripas | Floripas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 suffer | nsubj |
| 31 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 suffer | aux |
| 32 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 suffer | advmod |
| 33 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 proffered | conj |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 suffer | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 proffered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | proffer | past | others | Gerard | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | others not said here | as William | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | gerund | this | with Guy's heart; willing property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not suffer | would | Guy of Burgundy | heart | Floripas nsubj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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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