Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 48
The day following King Charles rose early, and having heard mass sent for his nobles, for he would do nothing without the counsel of the wise men of France.
Who acts: day, Charles · What happens: follow, rise, have, hear, send, do · To what, where: Charles, heard mass, nothing
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 (day, Charles), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rose | nsubj |
| 3 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 day | acl |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 5 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 following | obj |
| 6 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 rose | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 having | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 having | cc |
| 10 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 rose | advcl |
| 11 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 mass | amod |
| 12 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 having | obj |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 mass | acl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 nobles | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 nobles | nmod:poss |
| 16 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sent | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 do | punct |
| 18 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 21 do | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 do | nsubj |
| 20 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 do | aux |
| 21 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 having | xcomp |
| 22 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 21 do | obj |
| 23 | without | without | ADP | _ | 25 counsel | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 counsel | det |
| 25 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 do | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 men | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 men | det |
| 28 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 men | amod |
| 29 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 counsel | nmod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 France | case |
| 31 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 men | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | the day not said here | Charles King | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charles=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rise | past | the day | early property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | the day not said here | heard mass | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hear | participle | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 5 | send | participle | heard mass not said here | for Charles's nobles | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | do | would | Charles | nothing | without the counsel of the wise men of France | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=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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