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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 71

Nevertheless, when he came to the font the evil spirit in him rebelled, and he spat in the font, and went near to slaying the bishop that should have christened him; for he took him by the middle, and would have drowned him in the font.

Who acts: Balan, evil spirit · What happens: come, rebel, spat, go, slay, christen · To what, where: font, bishop, spirit, Balan

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 (Balan, evil spirit), 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

advmodpunctadvmodnsubjcasedetobldetamodnsubjcasenmodacl:relclpunctccnsubjoblcasedetnmodpunctccconjadvmodmarkadvcldetobjobjauxauxacl:relclobjpunctmarknsubjconjobjcasedetoblpunctccauxauxconjobjcasedetoblpunctrootNeverthelessADV,PUNCTwhenADVhePRONcameVERBtoADPtheDETfontNOUNtheDETevilADJspiritNOUNinADPhimPRONrebelledVERB,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONspatNOUNinADPtheDETfontNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwentVERBnearADVtoSCONJslayingVERBtheDETbishopNOUNthatPRONshouldAUXhaveAUXchristenedVERBhimPRON;PUNCTforSCONJhePRONtookVERBhimPRONbyADPtheDETmiddleNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwouldAUXhaveAUXdrownedVERBhimPRONinADPtheDETfontNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeverthelessneverthelessADV_5 cameadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Neverthelesspunct
3whenwhenADVPronType=Int5 cameadvmod
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 camensubj
5camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6totoADP_8 fontcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 fontdet
8fontfontNOUNNumber=Sing5 cameobl
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 spiritdet
10evilevilADJDegree=Pos11 spiritamod
11spiritspiritNOUNNumber=Sing14 rebellednsubj
12ininADP_13 himcase
13himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 spiritnmod
14rebelledrebelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 fontacl:relcl
15,,PUNCT_18 spatpunct
16andandCCONJ_18 spatcc
17hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 spatnsubj
18spatspatNOUNNumber=Sing5 cameobl
19ininADP_21 fontcase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 fontdet
21fontfontNOUNNumber=Sing18 spatnmod
22,,PUNCT_24 wentpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 wentcc
24wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 cameconj
25nearnearADV_24 wentadvmod
26totoSCONJ_27 slayingmark
27slayingslayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 wentadvcl
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 bishopdet
29bishopbishopNOUNNumber=Sing27 slayingobj
30thatthatPRONPronType=Rel33 christenedobj
31shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin33 christenedaux
32havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf33 christenedaux
33christenedchristenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part29 bishopacl:relcl
34himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 christenedobj
35;;PUNCT_38 tookpunct
36forforSCONJ_38 tookmark
37hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 tooknsubj
38tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 cameconj
39himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs38 tookobj
40bybyADP_42 middlecase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 middledet
42middlemiddleNOUNNumber=Sing38 tookobl
43,,PUNCT_47 drownedpunct
44andandCCONJ_47 drownedcc
45wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin47 drownedaux
46havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf47 drownedaux
47drowneddrownVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part38 tookconj
48himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 drownedobj
49ininADP_51 fontcase
50thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art51 fontdet
51fontfontNOUNNumber=Sing47 drownedobl
52..PUNCT_5 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastBalanthe fontnevertheless propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to font=Initial_Location
2rebelpastthe evil spirit in Balanthe font not said heretree rules
3spatBalanthe fonttree rules
4gopastBalan not said herenear propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5slaygerundBalan not said herethe bishopvn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bishop=Patient
6christenshould · perfectthe bishopBalan objvn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme he=Result
7takepastBalanspiritby the middlevn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
8drownwould · perfectBalan not said hereBalanthe fontvn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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