Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 37
Moreover, he says that when you shall have returned to your own country he will follow you thither, and will be obedient to your law, and do you homage for his kingdom of Spain."
Who acts: master, you · What happens: say, return, follow, be, do · To what, where: you · 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), 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 | Moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 4 says | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Moreover | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 follow | mark |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 returned | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 returned | nsubj |
| 8 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 returned | aux |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 returned | aux |
| 10 | returned | return | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 follow | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 country | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 country | nmod:poss |
| 13 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 country | amod |
| 14 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 returned | obl |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 follow | nsubj |
| 16 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 follow | aux |
| 17 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 follow | obj |
| 19 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 17 follow | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 obedient | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 obedient | cc |
| 22 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 obedient | aux |
| 23 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 obedient | cop |
| 24 | obedient | obedient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | conj |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 law | case |
| 26 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 law | nmod:poss |
| 27 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 obedient | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 do | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 do | cc |
| 30 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | conj |
| 31 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 30 do | obj |
| 32 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 do | obj |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 kingdom | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 35 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 do | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Spain | case |
| 37 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 kingdom | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | master | moreover property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | return | shall · perfect | you | to your own country result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result | ||||
| 3 | follow | future | master | you | thither property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 4 | is | future | master not said here | to your law; obedient property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | do | present | master not said here | you | for master's kingdom of Spain; homage obj | 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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