Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 34
When King Clarion heard this he armed himself without delay, and mounted on his beast--a marvellous beast that could gallop thirty leagues and not grow weary--and pursued after Duke Richard, and other Saracens went with him.
Who acts: King, marvellous beast, other Saracens · What happens: hear, arm, mount, gallop, not grow, pursue · To what, where: this, King, beast, thirty leagues
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, marvellous beast, other 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | Clarion | Clarion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | flat |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 armed | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 heard | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 armed | nsubj |
| 7 | armed | arm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 armed | obj |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 10 delay | case |
| 10 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 armed | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mounted | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 mounted | cc |
| 13 | mounted | mount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 armed | parataxis |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 beast | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 beast | nmod:poss |
| 16 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mounted | obl |
| 17 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 20 beast | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 beast | det |
| 19 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 beast | amod |
| 20 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 beast | appos |
| 21 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 gallop | nsubj |
| 22 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 gallop | aux |
| 23 | gallop | gallop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 beast | acl:relcl |
| 24 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 leagues | nummod |
| 25 | leagues | league | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 gallop | obj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 grow | cc |
| 27 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 grow | advmod |
| 28 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 gallop | conj |
| 29 | weary | weary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 grow | xcomp |
| 30 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 32 pursued | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 pursued | cc |
| 32 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 mounted | conj |
| 33 | after | after | ADP | _ | 35 Richard | case |
| 34 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Richard | compound |
| 35 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 pursued | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 went | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 went | cc |
| 38 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 Saracens | amod |
| 39 | Saracens | saracen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 went | nsubj |
| 40 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 armed | conj |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 him | case |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 went | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 armed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | King | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | arm | past | King | King | without delay | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | |||
| 3 | mount | participle | King's beast | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on beast=Destination | |||||
| 4 | gallop | could | a marvellous beast | thirty leagues | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent league=Agent | ||||
| 5 | not grow | infinitive | a marvellous beast not said here | weary property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | pursue | participle | after Duke Richard | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after richard=Theme | |||||
| 7 | go | past | other Saracens | with King | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary |
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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