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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 35

Our master, King Marsilas, bids us say that, being persuaded that the law by which you live is the law of salvation, he would fain win your favour even by the half of his treasures.

Who acts: master, you, law, your, King · What happens: bid, say, persuade, live, be, fain · To what, where: us, that, law, favour · 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 (master, you, law, your), 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

nmod:possnsubjpunctapposflatpunctobjxcompobjpunctaux:passconjmarkdetnsubjcaseoblnsubjacl:relclcopdetadvclcasenmodpunctnsubjauxconjxcompnmod:possobjadvmodcasedetparataxiscasenmod:possnmodpunctrootOurPRONmasterNOUN,PUNCTKingPROPNMarsilasPROPN,PUNCTbidsVERBusPRONsayVERBthatPRON,PUNCTbeingAUXpersuadedVERBthatSCONJtheDETlawNOUNbyADPwhichPRONyouPRONliveVERBisAUXtheDETlawNOUNofADPsalvationNOUN,PUNCThePRONwouldAUXfainVERBwinVERByourPRONfavourNOUNevenADVbyADPtheDEThalfNOUNofADPhisPRONtreasuresNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OurourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 masternmod:poss
2mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing7 bidsnsubj
3,,PUNCT_4 Kingpunct
4KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing2 masterappos
5MarsilasMarsilasPROPNNumber=Sing4 Kingflat
6,,PUNCT_2 masterpunct
7bidsbidVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs7 bidsobj
9saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf7 bidsxcomp
10thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 sayobj
11,,PUNCT_13 persuadedpunct
12beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part13 persuadedaux:pass
13persuadedpersuadeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 bidsconj
14thatthatSCONJ_23 lawmark
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 lawdet
16lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing23 lawnsubj
17bybyADP_18 whichcase
18whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel20 liveobl
19youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs20 livensubj
20liveliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 lawacl:relcl
21isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin23 lawcop
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 lawdet
23lawlawNOUNNumber=Sing13 persuadedadvcl
24ofofADP_25 salvationcase
25salvationsalvationNOUNNumber=Sing23 lawnmod
26,,PUNCT_29 fainpunct
27hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 fainnsubj
28wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin29 fainaux
29fainfainVERBVerbForm=Inf7 bidsconj
30winwinVERBVerbForm=Inf29 fainxcomp
31youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 favournmod:poss
32favourfavourNOUNNumber=Sing30 winobj
33evenevenADV_36 halfadvmod
34bybyADP_36 halfcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 halfdet
36halfhalfNOUNNumber=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac30 winparataxis
37ofofADP_39 treasurescase
38hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 treasuresnmod:poss
39treasurestreasureNOUNNumber=Plur36 halfnmod
40..PUNCT_7 bidspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bidpresentOur masterustree rules
2say speech: assertinfinitiveOur master not said herethatvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic
3persuadegerund · passiveOur master not said herevn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»
4livepresentyouby the lawvn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by which=Location
5is apresentthe lawthe lawof salvationtree rules
6fainwouldmastertree rules
7wininfinitivemaster not said hereyour favourthe half of King's treasures parataxisvn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality
8favouryournom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
9treasureKingnom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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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