Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 84

The foremost of these called to him with a loud voice, saying, "Now turn you, Sir Messenger, for your hour is come."

What happens: call, say, turn, come · To what, where: God, you, hour · 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: 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 foremost	det
2	foremost	foremost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 these	case
4	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 foremost	nmod
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 foremost	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 voice	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 voice	det
10	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 voice	amod
11	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 saying	punct
13	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 foremost	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 turn	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 turn	punct
16	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 turn	advmod
17	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 saying	ccomp
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 turn	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 Messenger	punct
20	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Messenger	nmod:desc
21	Messenger	Messenger	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 turn	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 come	punct
23	for	for	SCONJ	_	27 come	mark
24	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 hour	nmod:poss
25	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 come	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 come	aux:pass
27	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 turn	conj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 foremost	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 foremost	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		God		with a loud voice	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	turn in a quote	present	you		now	Messenger Sir obl	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme you=Result
4	come in a quote	present · passive	your hour				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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🌲 Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 84

The tree

Pragmatics

Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 84