Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 41
So coming to the tent wherein the Admiral abode, he spake with a loud voice: "The noble Charles, King of France, sends this message: If you will renounce Mahomet and all false gods and receive the true faith, you shall keep all your land and worship, and shall be honoured and loved of all Christian men.
Who acts: Admiral abode, abode, you · What happens: come, speak, send, renounce, receive, keep · To what, where: tent, message, Mahomet, true faith, land · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Admiral abode, abode, you), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 coming | advmod |
| 2 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 27 sends | advcl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 tent | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tent | det |
| 5 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coming | obl |
| 6 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 27 sends | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 abode | det |
| 8 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 abode | compound |
| 9 | abode | abode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sends | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 spake | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 spake | nsubj |
| 12 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 abode | appos |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 voice | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 voice | det |
| 15 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 voice | amod |
| 16 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 spake | nmod |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 Charles | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 Charles | punct |
| 19 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Charles | det |
| 20 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 Charles | amod |
| 21 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 voice | appos |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 King | punct |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Charles | conj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 France | case |
| 25 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 King | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 abode | punct |
| 27 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 message | det |
| 29 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sends | obj |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 renounce | punct |
| 31 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 34 renounce | mark |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 renounce | nsubj |
| 33 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 renounce | aux |
| 34 | renounce | renounce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 sends | conj |
| 35 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 renounce | obj |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 gods | cc |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 gods | det |
| 38 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 gods | amod |
| 39 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 Mahomet | conj |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 receive | cc |
| 41 | receive | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 renounce | conj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 faith | det |
| 43 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 faith | amod |
| 44 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 receive | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 keep | punct |
| 46 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 48 keep | nsubj |
| 47 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 keep | aux |
| 48 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 renounce | conj |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 land | det:predet |
| 50 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 land | nmod:poss |
| 51 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 keep | obj |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 worship | cc |
| 53 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 land | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 honoured | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 honoured | cc |
| 56 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 honoured | aux |
| 57 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 58 honoured | aux:pass |
| 58 | honoured | honour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 sends | conj |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 loved | cc |
| 60 | loved | love | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 58 honoured | conj |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 men | case |
| 62 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 64 men | det |
| 63 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 men | amod |
| 64 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 loved | obl |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 sends | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | gerund | the Admiral abode not said here | the tent | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tent=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | abode | with a loud voice | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | send in a quote | present | the Admiral abode | this message | wherein property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | |||
| 4 | renounce a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | you | Mahomet and all false gods | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mahomet=Source | ||||
| 5 | receive in a quote | present | you not said here | the true faith | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | ||||
| 6 | keep in a quote | shall | you | your land and worship | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | ||||
| 7 | honour in a quote | shall · passive | the Admiral abode not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | love in a quote | participle | the Admiral abode not said here | of all Christian men | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
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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