Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 123
But know that if God suffer me to return, I will bring upon you such trouble and sorrow that you shall remember it all the days of your life." "
Who acts: you, God, I, that · What happens: know, suffer, return, bring, remember · To what, where: me, such trouble, trouble · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, God, I, that), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 2 know | cc |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 bring | mark |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 suffer | mark |
| 5 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 suffer | nsubj |
| 6 | suffer | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 bring | advcl |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 suffer | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 return | mark |
| 9 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 suffer | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 suffer | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 bring | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 bring | aux |
| 13 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 know | ccomp |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 trouble | case |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 trouble | nsubj |
| 16 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 trouble | amod |
| 17 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bring | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 sorrow | cc |
| 19 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 trouble | conj |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 remember | nsubj |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 remember | nsubj |
| 22 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 remember | aux |
| 23 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 trouble | parataxis |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 remember | obj |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 days | det:predet |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 days | det |
| 27 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 remember | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 life | case |
| 29 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 life | nmod:poss |
| 30 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 days | nmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | suffer a condition, not said to happen | present | God | me | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | return | to-infinitive | God not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | bring | future | I | such trouble you and sorrow | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | ||||
| 5 | remember | shall | that | trouble | day | you nsubj | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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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