Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 91

Meanwhile King Charles, being in great trouble about the knights whom he had sent with a message to the Admiral of Spain, called together his counsellors and told them what was in his mind, saying, "I am greatly troubled because that no report has come to me concerning the knights that I sent.

Who acts: stream, I, report · What happens: be, send, call together, tell, say, come · To what, where: great trouble, knights, Admiral, counsellors, mind, me · 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 (stream, I, report), 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	Meanwhile	Meanwhile	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Meanwhile	flat
3	Charles	Charles	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Meanwhile	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 trouble	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 trouble	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 trouble	amod
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Meanwhile	appos
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 knights	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 knights	det
11	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 trouble	nmod
12	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 sent	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sent	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sent	aux
15	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 knights	acl:relcl
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 message	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 message	det
18	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	obl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 Admiral	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Admiral	det
21	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sent	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 Spain	case
23	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Admiral	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 called	punct
25	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 trouble	parataxis
26	together	together	ADV	_	25 called	advmod
27	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 counsellors	nmod:poss
28	counsellors	counsellor	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 called	obj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 told	cc
30	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 called	conj
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 told	iobj
32	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	36 mind	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 mind	cop
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 mind	case
35	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	36 mind	nmod:poss
36	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 told	ccomp
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 saying	punct
38	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	30 told	advcl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 troubled	punct
40	"	"	PUNCT	_	44 troubled	punct
41	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	44 troubled	nsubj
42	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	44 troubled	cop
43	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	44 troubled	advmod
44	troubled	troubled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 saying	ccomp
45	because	because	SCONJ	_	50 come	mark
46	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 because	fixed
47	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	48 report	det
48	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 come	nsubj
49	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 come	aux
50	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	44 troubled	advcl
51	to	to	ADP	_	52 me	case
52	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 come	obl
53	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	50 come	advcl
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 knights	det
55	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 concerning	obj
56	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 sent	obj
57	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 sent	nsubj
58	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 knights	acl:relcl
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Meanwhile	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				great trouble	about the knights	tree rules
2	send	past · perfect	stream	the knights		the Admiral of Spain	with a message	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to admiral=Destination
3	call together speech: assert	participle		stream's counsellors			together property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent counsellor=Recipient
4	tell speech: assert	past			counsellors = counsellor			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
5	is	past				stream's mind	what nsubj; stream nmod:poss	tree rules
6	say speech: assert	gerund						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	is in a quote	present	I				greatly, troubled property	tree rules
8	come in a quote	present · perfect	no report		me			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location
9	concern in a quote	gerund	no report not said here	the knights				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus knight=Experiencer
10	send in a quote	past	I	the knights				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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 91