Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 55
First the Admiral saw him, and cried aloud, "Now by Apollyon my god, this is well done of Clarion my nephew; without doubt he has slain the messenger of the Frenchmen, for see his horse is coming."
Who acts: Admiral, beast, horse · What happens: see, cry, do, slay, come · To what, where: beast, god, this, messenger · 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 (Admiral, beast, horse), 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 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Admiral | det |
| 3 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cried | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cried | cc |
| 8 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 9 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 8 cried | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Now | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Now | punct |
| 12 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 cried | advmod |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Apollyon | case |
| 14 | Apollyon | Apollyon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Now | obl |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 god | nmod:poss |
| 16 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cried | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 done | punct |
| 18 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 done | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 done | aux:pass |
| 20 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 done | advmod |
| 21 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Clarion | case |
| 23 | Clarion | Clarion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 done | obl |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 25 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 done | obj |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 slain | punct |
| 27 | without | without | ADP | _ | 28 doubt | case |
| 28 | doubt | doubt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 slain | obl |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 slain | nsubj |
| 30 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 slain | aux |
| 31 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 saw | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 messenger | det |
| 33 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 slain | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Frenchmen | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Frenchmen | det |
| 36 | Frenchmen | Frenchman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 33 messenger | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 see | punct |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 see | case |
| 39 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 slain | conj |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 horse | nmod:poss |
| 41 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 coming | nsubj |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 coming | aux |
| 43 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 see | ccomp |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Admiral | beast | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the Admiral not said here | my god | now | aloud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||
| 3 | do in a quote | present · passive | this | of Clarion; my nephew obj; well property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | slay in a quote | present · perfect | beast | the messenger of the Frenchmen | without doubt | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Patient | |||
| 5 | see in a quote | infinitive | beast not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | come in a quote | present · progressive | beast's horse | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75339/24/55/