Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of Richard of Normandy, sentence 92
I know not what to do, save that I will put off this crown, which I am not worthy to bear."
Who acts: I, crown · What happens: not know, save, put off, not be, bear · To what, where: crown · 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 (I, crown), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 know | nsubj |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 know | advmod |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 save | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 save | aux |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 save | punct |
| 8 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 know | ccomp |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 put | mark |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 put | nsubj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 put | aux |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 save | advcl |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 put | compound:prt |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 crown | det |
| 15 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 worthy | punct |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 worthy | nsubj |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 worthy | nsubj |
| 19 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 worthy | cop |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 worthy | advmod |
| 21 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 crown | parataxis |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 bear | mark |
| 23 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 worthy | advcl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | save | infinitive · do-support | what obj | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | |||||
| 3 | put off | future | I | this crown | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent crown=Goal | ||||
| 4 | not is | present | this crown | I nsubj; worthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | bear | to-infinitive | this crown not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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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