Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won, sentence 66
For when Amyot, the giantess that was wife to Amyon, heard the cry of the townsfolk, she ran forth from her house, having a sharp scythe in her hand, and fell upon the Frenchmen in a great rage, and slew many of them.
Who acts: that, Amyon, townsfolk · What happens: be, hear, run, have, fall, slay · To what, where: wife, Amyon, cry, house, sharp scythe, hand
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 (that, Amyon, townsfolk), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 Amyot | case |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 Amyot | advmod |
| 3 | Amyot | Amyot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 heard | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 giantess | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 giantess | det |
| 6 | giantess | giantess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Amyot | appos |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 wife | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 wife | cop |
| 9 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 giantess | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Amyon | case |
| 11 | Amyon | Amyon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 wife | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Amyot | punct |
| 13 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cry | det |
| 15 | cry | cry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 heard | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 townsfolk | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 townsfolk | det |
| 18 | townsfolk | townsfolk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cry | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 ran | punct |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 ran | nsubj |
| 21 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 heard | conj |
| 22 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 21 ran | advmod |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 house | case |
| 24 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 house | nmod:poss |
| 25 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 ran | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 having | punct |
| 27 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 ran | advcl |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 scythe | det |
| 29 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 scythe | amod |
| 30 | scythe | scythe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 having | obj |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 hand | case |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 hand | nmod:poss |
| 33 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 having | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 fell | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 fell | cc |
| 36 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 heard | conj |
| 37 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 39 Frenchmen | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Frenchmen | det |
| 39 | Frenchmen | Frenchman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 36 fell | obl |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 rage | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 rage | det |
| 42 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 rage | amod |
| 43 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 fell | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 slew | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 slew | cc |
| 46 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 heard | conj |
| 47 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 slew | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 them | case |
| 49 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 many | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | that | wife | Amyon | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hear | past | the cry of the townsfolk | for Amyot | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | run | past | Amyon | Amyon's house | forth property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from house=Trajectory | |||
| 4 | have | gerund | Amyon not said here | a sharp scythe | Amyon's hand | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scythe=Patient | |||
| 5 | fall | past | a great rage | upon the Frenchmen | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon frenchman=Location | ||||
| 6 | slay | past | many of Frenchmen | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | |||||
| 7 | cry | the townsfolk | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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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