Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 79
Thereupon Roland said to Guy of Burgundy, "Bring to mind the promise which you made to Floripas, the Admiral's daughter, that you would take her to wife." "
Who acts: Roland, promise, Guy · What happens: say, bring, mind, make, take · To what, where: Guy, promise, Floripas, daughter · 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 (Roland, promise, Guy), 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 | Thereupon | thereupon | ADV | _ | 3 said | advmod |
| 2 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Guy | case |
| 5 | Guy | Guy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Burgundy | case |
| 7 | Burgundy | Burgundy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Guy | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Bring | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Bring | punct |
| 10 | Bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 mind | mark |
| 12 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 Bring | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 promise | det |
| 14 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mind | obj |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 made | nsubj |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 made | nsubj |
| 17 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 promise | acl:relcl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Floripas | case |
| 19 | Floripas | Floripas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 made | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 daughter | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Admiral | det |
| 22 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 Admiral | case |
| 24 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 Floripas | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 take | punct |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 take | mark |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 take | nsubj |
| 28 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 take | aux |
| 29 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 mind | advcl |
| 30 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 take | obj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 wife | mark |
| 32 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 take | advcl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 Bring | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Bring | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Bring | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Roland | Guy of Burgundy | thereupon property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to guy=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | bring in a quote | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | mind in a quote | to-infinitive | the promise | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | |||||
| 4 | make in a quote | past | the promise | Floripas and the Admiral's daughter | you nsubj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||
| 5 | take in a quote | would | Guy of Burgundy = guy | daughter | wife advcl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
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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