Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 30
And as he halted two of the Saracens, to wit Sortibrant and Brullant, espied him, and said to King Clarion, who was a very notable warrior, "See you, Sire, that man yonder.
Who acts: Duke, King · What happens: halt, wit, espy, say, be, see · To what, where: two, Sortibrant, Duke, King, notable warrior · 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 (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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 espied | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 halted | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 halted | nsubj |
| 4 | halted | halt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 espied | advcl |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 halted | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Saracens | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Saracens | det |
| 8 | Saracens | Saracen | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 two | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 wit | punct |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 wit | mark |
| 11 | wit | wit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 halted | conj |
| 12 | Sortibrant | Sortibrant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 wit | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 Brullant | cc |
| 14 | Brullant | Brullant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Sortibrant | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 espied | punct |
| 16 | espied | espy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 espied | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 said | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 said | cc |
| 20 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 espied | parataxis |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 King | case |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 said | obl |
| 23 | Clarion | Clarion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 King | flat |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 warrior | punct |
| 25 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 warrior | nsubj |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 warrior | cop |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 warrior | det |
| 28 | very | very | ADV | _ | 29 notable | advmod |
| 29 | notable | notable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 warrior | amod |
| 30 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 King | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 See | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 See | punct |
| 33 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 said | conj |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 See | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Sire | punct |
| 36 | Sire | Sire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 See | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 man | punct |
| 38 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 man | det |
| 39 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Sire | appos |
| 40 | yonder | yonder | ADV | _ | 39 man | advmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 espied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | halt | past | Duke | two of the Saracens | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector two=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | wit | to-infinitive | Duke not said here | Sortibrant and Brullant | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | espy | past | Duke | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | King and a notable warrior | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | is a | past | King and a notable warrior | a notable warrior | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | see in a quote | infinitive | King and a notable warrior = king | Sire obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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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