Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 45
So you may rest assured that at the Feast of St. Michael next ensuing my master shall come to you at your palace at Aachen, and shall there consent to become a Christian."
Who acts: you, Feast · What happens: rest, assure, ensue, come, consent, become · To what, where: master, you, palace, Christian
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, Feast), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 rest | advmod |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 rest | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 rest | aux |
| 4 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | assured | assure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 rest | advcl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 come | mark |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Feast | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Feast | det |
| 9 | Feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 come | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Michael | case |
| 11 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Michael | nmod:desc |
| 12 | Michael | Michael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Feast | appos |
| 13 | next | next | ADV | _ | 12 Michael | advmod |
| 14 | ensuing | ensue | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 Feast | acl |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 master | nmod:poss |
| 16 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ensuing | obj |
| 17 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 come | aux |
| 18 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 assured | ccomp |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 you | case |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 come | obl |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 palace | case |
| 22 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 palace | nmod:poss |
| 23 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 come | obl |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 Aachen | case |
| 25 | Aachen | Aachen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 palace | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 consent | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 consent | cc |
| 28 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 consent | aux |
| 29 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 30 consent | advmod |
| 30 | consent | consent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 rest | conj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 become | mark |
| 32 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 consent | xcomp |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 Christian | det |
| 34 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 become | obj |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 rest | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 rest | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | may | you | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | assure | participle | you not said here | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | ensue | gerund | the Feast not said here | my master | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | come | shall | the Feast | you | your palace at Aachen | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | consent | shall | you not said here | there | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 6 | become | to-infinitive | you not said here | a Christian | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient christian=Result |
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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