Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 74
When he came to the Bridge Mantryble, he said to Gallafer, "The Admiral is ill content with you, because you suffered the messengers of King Charles to cross the bridge.
Who acts: man, Admiral, Gallafer · What happens: come, say, be, suffer, cross · To what, where: Bridge Mantryble, Gallafer, ill content, messengers, bridge · 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 (man, Admiral, Gallafer), 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 | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Mantryble | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Mantryble | det |
| 6 | Bridge | Bridge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Mantryble | compound |
| 7 | Mantryble | Mantryble | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Gallafer | case |
| 12 | Gallafer | Gallafer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 content | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 content | punct |
| 15 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Admiral | det |
| 16 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 content | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 content | cop |
| 18 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 content | amod |
| 19 | content | content | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Gallafer | appos |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 you | case |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 content | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 suffered | punct |
| 23 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 25 suffered | mark |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 suffered | nsubj |
| 25 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 messengers | det |
| 27 | messengers | messenger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 suffered | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 Charles | case |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 30 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 messengers | nmod |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 cross | mark |
| 32 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 suffered | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 bridge | det |
| 34 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 cross | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | man | the Bridge Mantryble | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mantryble=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | man | Gallafer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to gallafer=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the Admiral | ill content | with Gallafer | tree rules | |||
| 4 | suffer in a quote | past | Gallafer | the messengers of Charles King | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer messenger=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | cross in a quote | to-infinitive | Gallafer not said here | the bridge | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient |
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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