Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 23
To this they all agreed, not without tears, for they knew that the Duke had taken upon himself a very perilous enterprise.
Who acts: Saracens · What happens: agree, know, take · To what, where: this, Duke · 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 (Saracens), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 agreed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 agreed | nsubj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 agreed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tears | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 tears | advmod |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 tears | case |
| 9 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 agreed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 knew | punct |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 13 knew | mark |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 knew | nsubj |
| 13 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 agreed | conj |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 taken | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Duke | det |
| 16 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 taken | aux |
| 18 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 knew | ccomp |
| 19 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 20 himself | case |
| 20 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 taken | obl |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 enterprise | det |
| 22 | very | very | ADV | _ | 23 perilous | advmod |
| 23 | perilous | perilous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 enterprise | amod |
| 24 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 taken | obj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 agreed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | participle · passive | this | without tears; Saracens = saracen nsubj | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | past | Saracens = saracen | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | take | past · perfect · passive | the Duke | upon Duke; a perilous enterprise obj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme enterprise=Destination |
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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