Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 151
O Sir," they cried, "this is an ill return for all the service that you have done to the King.
Who acts: nobles, this, you · What happens: cry, be, do · To what, where: Sir, ill return, service
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 (nobles, this, you), 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 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 2 Sir | discourse |
| 2 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 cried | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sir | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 cried | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cried | nsubj |
| 6 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 return | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 return | punct |
| 9 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 return | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 return | cop |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 return | det |
| 12 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 return | amod |
| 13 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cried | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 service | case |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 service | det:predet |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 service | det |
| 17 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 return | nmod |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 21 done | obj |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 done | nsubj |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 done | aux |
| 21 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 service | acl:relcl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 King | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 King | det |
| 24 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 done | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express in a quote | past | nobles = noble | Sir | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | this | a ill return | for all service | tree rules | |||
| 3 | do | present · perfect | you | all service | to the King | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
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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