Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 32
As for the King himself, he was sitting under a thorn on a great chair of gold, a right noble man to see, with his long, white beard.
Who acts: King · What happens: sit, see · To what, where: right noble man, thorn
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 (King), 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 | 4 King | case |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sitting | obl |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 King | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 King | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sitting | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sitting | aux |
| 9 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 thorn | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 thorn | det |
| 12 | thorn | thorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sitting | obl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 chair | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 chair | det |
| 15 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 chair | amod |
| 16 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sitting | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 gold | case |
| 18 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 chair | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 man | punct |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 man | det |
| 21 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 man | amod |
| 22 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 man | amod |
| 23 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sitting | obl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 see | mark |
| 25 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 man | acl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 beard | punct |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 beard | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 beard | nmod:poss |
| 29 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 beard | amod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 long | punct |
| 31 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 beard | amod |
| 32 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sitting | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sitting | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past · progressive | King | a right noble man | a thorn | as the King King; on a great chair of gold; with King's long white beard | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under thorn=Location | ||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | King not said here | a right noble man not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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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