Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Bridge Mantryble Was Won, sentence 67
When King Charles saw what destruction she wrought he called for a cross-bow, and shot a bolt at her, aiming it so nicely that it struck her between the brows and slew her.
Who acts: Charles, destruction, King, bolt · What happens: see, wrought, call, shoot, aim, strike · To what, where: bolt, destruction · 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 (Charles, destruction, King, bolt), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 3 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wrought | nsubj |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wrought | nsubj |
| 8 | wrought | wrought | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 called | nsubj |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 wrought | ccomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 cross-bow | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cross-bow | det |
| 13 | cross-bow | cross-bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 called | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 shot | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 shot | cc |
| 16 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 bolt | det |
| 18 | bolt | bolt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 shot | obj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 her | case |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 shot | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 aiming | punct |
| 22 | aiming | aim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 shot | advcl |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 aiming | obj |
| 24 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 nicely | advmod |
| 25 | nicely | nicely | ADV | _ | 22 aiming | advmod |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 struck | mark |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 struck | nsubj |
| 28 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 aiming | advcl |
| 29 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 struck | obj |
| 30 | between | between | ADP | _ | 32 brows | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 brows | det |
| 32 | brows | brow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 struck | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 slew | cc |
| 34 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 struck | conj |
| 35 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 slew | obj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Charles King | what obj | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | wrought | past | destruction | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | call | participle | King | for a cross-bow | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for cross-bow=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | shoot | past | Charles King not said here | a bolt | at destruction | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bolt=Theme at she=Destination | |||
| 5 | aim | gerund | Charles King not said here | bolt | nicely property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | |||
| 6 | strike | past | bolt | destruction | between the brows | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument | |||
| 7 | slay | past | bolt not said here | destruction | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
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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