Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of Balan the Admiral, sentence 83
As for Guy he was made King of the land; part he gave over to Fierabras, who held it of him; but Charlemagne was overlord of the whole country.
Who acts: bishop, Fierabras · What happens: make, give over, hold, be · To what, where: bishop, part, Fierabras, Charlemagne overlord
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 (bishop, Fierabras), 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 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 3 Guy | case |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | Guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 made | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | aux:pass |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Guy | acl:relcl |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 land | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 land | det |
| 10 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 part | punct |
| 12 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | obl |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 gave | nsubj |
| 14 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | over | over | ADP | _ | 14 gave | compound:prt |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Fierabras | case |
| 17 | Fierabras | Fierabras | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 held | punct |
| 19 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 held | nsubj |
| 20 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 Fierabras | acl:relcl |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 held | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 held | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 overlord | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 Charlemagne | cc |
| 26 | Charlemagne | Charlemagne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 overlord | compound |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 overlord | cop |
| 28 | overlord | overlord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 country | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 country | det |
| 31 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 country | amod |
| 32 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 overlord | nmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | bishop | of the land; King obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary king=Product | ||||
| 2 | give over | past | bishop | part | Fierabras | as Guy | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fierabras=Recipient | ||
| 3 | hold | past | Fierabras | part | of bishop | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 4 | is a | past | Charlemagne overlord | of the whole country | 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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