Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 71
And now there goes a messenger to the King from the knights that are shut up in this Tower; wherein if you fail, you shall pay for it with your life.'"
Who acts: you · What happens: go, shut up, fail, pay · To what, where: messenger, knights, Tower
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 (you), 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 | _ | 4 goes | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 goes | advmod |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 goes | expl |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 messenger | det |
| 6 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 King | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 messenger | nmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 knights | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 knights | det |
| 12 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 goes | obl |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 shut | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 shut | aux:pass |
| 15 | shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 knights | acl:relcl |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 shut | compound:prt |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 Tower | case |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 Tower | det |
| 19 | Tower | Tower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 shut | obl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 pay | punct |
| 21 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 pay | advmod |
| 22 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 24 fail | mark |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 fail | nsubj |
| 24 | fail | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 pay | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 fail | punct |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 pay | nsubj |
| 27 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 pay | aux |
| 28 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 goes | parataxis |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 it | case |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 pay | obl |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 life | case |
| 32 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 life | nmod:poss |
| 33 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 pay | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 pay | punct |
| 35 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 28 pay | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | a messenger | there | now | to the King; from the knights | tree rules | ||
| 2 | shut up | present · passive | the knights | this Tower | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | fail a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | pay | shall | you | for messenger; with your life; wherein property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=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.
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