Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 6
Sortibrant said, "Send a spy, Sir Admiral, that you may know what King Charles is doing; afterwards, let us march together against him, and if we prevail over him then shall you hang him and his people without mercy, and you shall cut off the head of your son Fierabras, for the help that he has given your enemies."
Who acts: Sortibrant, you, Charles, us, we · What happens: say, send, know, do, let, march · To what, where: spy, us, Charles, head · 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 (Sortibrant, you, Charles, us), 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 | Sortibrant | Sortibrant | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Send | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Send | punct |
| 5 | Send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 spy | det |
| 7 | spy | spy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Send | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Admiral | punct |
| 9 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Admiral | nmod:desc |
| 10 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Send | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 know | punct |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 know | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 know | nsubj |
| 14 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 know | aux |
| 15 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Send | parataxis |
| 16 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 doing | obj |
| 17 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 18 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 doing | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 doing | aux |
| 20 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 know | ccomp |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 let | punct |
| 22 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 24 let | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 afterwards | punct |
| 24 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 25 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 let | obj |
| 26 | march | march | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 let | xcomp |
| 27 | together | together | ADV | _ | 26 march | advmod |
| 28 | against | against | ADP | _ | 29 him | case |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 march | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 hang | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 hang | cc |
| 32 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 34 prevail | mark |
| 33 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 prevail | nsubj |
| 34 | prevail | prevail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 hang | advcl |
| 35 | over | over | ADP | _ | 36 him | case |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 prevail | obl |
| 37 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 hang | advmod |
| 38 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 hang | aux |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 40 hang | nsubj |
| 40 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 let | conj |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 hang | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 people | cc |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 people | nmod:poss |
| 44 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 him | conj |
| 45 | without | without | ADP | _ | 46 mercy | case |
| 46 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hang | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 cut | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 cut | cc |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 cut | nsubj |
| 50 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 51 cut | aux |
| 51 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 let | advcl |
| 52 | off | off | ADP | _ | 51 cut | compound:prt |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 head | det |
| 54 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 cut | obj |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 son | case |
| 56 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 son | nmod:poss |
| 57 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 head | nmod |
| 58 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 son | appos |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 help | punct |
| 60 | for | for | ADP | _ | 62 help | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 help | det |
| 62 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 cut | obl |
| 63 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 66 given | obj |
| 64 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 given | nsubj:pass |
| 65 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 66 given | aux |
| 66 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 help | acl:relcl |
| 67 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 68 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 given | obj |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 let | punct |
| 70 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Sortibrant | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | send in a quote | infinitive | a spy | Admiral Sir obl | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spy=Theme | ||||
| 3 | know in a quote | may | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | do in a quote | present · progressive | Charles King | what obj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | let in a quote | infinitive | us | afterwards property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | march in a quote | infinitive | us not said here | against Charles; together property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Trajectory | ||||
| 7 | prevail a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | we | over Charles | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location | ||||
| 8 | hang in a quote | shall | you | Charles | then | without mercy | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||
| 9 | cut off in a quote | shall | you | the head of your son | for the help | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | |||
| 10 | give in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Charles | the help obj; your enemies obj | 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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