Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won, sentence 44
Among them was a giant, Amyon by name, who called to King Charles, saying, "Where is the King?
Who acts: Frenchmen, name · What happens: be, call, say · To what, where: Charles, King · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Frenchmen, name), 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 5 giant | case |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 giant | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 giant | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 giant | det |
| 5 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Amyon | punct |
| 7 | Amyon | Amyon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 giant | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 name | case |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Amyon | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 called | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 called | nsubj |
| 12 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 name | acl:relcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Charles | case |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 15 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 called | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 saying | punct |
| 17 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 called | advcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 King | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 Where | punct |
| 20 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 23 King | advmod |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 King | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 King | det |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 saying | obj |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 giant | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Frenchmen = frenchman | Amyon by name obl; giant property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | past | name | Charles King | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to charles=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: ask | gerund | name not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | the King | tree rules |
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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