Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 31
The Saracens also perceived it; whereupon King Coldro counselled the Admiral that he should send an army to hinder him from coming to Aygremore.
Who acts: Saracens, King, army · What happens: perceive, counsell, send, hinder, come · To what, where: ensign, Admiral, army, King, Aygremore
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the End of Balan the Admiral. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Saracens, King, army), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Saracens | det |
| 2 | Saracens | saracen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 perceived | nsubj |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 perceived | advmod |
| 4 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 perceived | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 counselled | punct |
| 7 | whereupon | whereupon | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 counselled | advmod |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 counselled | nsubj |
| 9 | Coldro | Coldro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 King | flat |
| 10 | counselled | counsell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 perceived | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Admiral | det |
| 12 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 counselled | obj |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 send | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 send | nsubj |
| 15 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 send | aux |
| 16 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 counselled | advcl |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 army | det |
| 18 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 send | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 hinder | mark |
| 20 | hinder | hinder | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 send | xcomp |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 hinder | obj |
| 22 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 23 coming | mark |
| 23 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 hinder | advcl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 Aygremore | case |
| 25 | Aygremore | Aygremore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 coming | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 perceived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | past | the Saracens | ensign | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | counsell | past | King | the Admiral | whereupon property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | send | should | King | a army | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hinder | to-infinitive | a army not said here | King | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | come | gerund | a army not said here | Aygremore | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to aygremore=Initial_Location |
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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