Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won, sentence 53
Nor did Ganelon hold back, though there were some that gave him evil counsel, as Aloys, who said to him, "See, now, how the King is beset.
Who acts: Nor, some, Aloys, King · What happens: hold back, be, give, say, see · To what, where: Aloys, evil counsel, Ganelon, King, beset · 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 (Nor, some, Aloys, King), 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 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hold | aux |
| 3 | Ganelon | Ganelon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | nsubj |
| 4 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 hold | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 were | punct |
| 7 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 9 were | mark |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 were | expl |
| 9 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 gave | advcl |
| 10 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 gave | nsubj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 gave | nsubj |
| 12 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hold | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gave | iobj |
| 14 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 counsel | amod |
| 15 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 gave | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Aloys | punct |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 18 Aloys | case |
| 18 | Aloys | Aloys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hold | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 20 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 said | nsubj |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 Aloys | parataxis |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 said | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 See | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 See | punct |
| 26 | See | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 said | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 now | punct |
| 28 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 26 See | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 beset | punct |
| 30 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 beset | advmod |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 King | det |
| 32 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 beset | nsubj |
| 33 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 beset | cop |
| 34 | beset | beset | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 See | obl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hold | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold back | past · do-support | Nor | Aloys | Ganelon nsubj | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aloys=Theme | |||
| 2 | be | past | some not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | past | some | evil counsel | Ganelon | that nsubj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient counsel=Theme | ||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Aloys | King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | see in a quote | infinitive | Aloys not said here | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | the King | beset | 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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