Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won, sentence 26
And he struck at the giant with his sword, but could not hurt him, save to cut off a portion of his ear.
Who acts: Gallafer · What happens: strike, not hurt, save, cut off · To what, where: Gallafer, portion
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 struck | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 struck | nsubj |
| 3 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 giant | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 giant | det |
| 6 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 sword | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sword | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 struck | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hurt | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 hurt | cc |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 hurt | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 hurt | advmod |
| 14 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 struck | parataxis |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hurt | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 save | punct |
| 17 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 14 hurt | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 cut | mark |
| 19 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 save | advcl |
| 20 | off | off | ADP | _ | 19 cut | compound:prt |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 portion | det |
| 22 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 cut | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 ear | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 ear | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 portion | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 struck | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | Gallafer | at the giant; with Gallafer's sword | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at giant=Patient with sword=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | not hurt | could | Gallafer | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | |||||
| 3 | save | infinitive | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | cut off | to-infinitive | a portion of Gallafer's ear | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector portion=Eventuality |
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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