Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 51
Only he makes this condition--that I go back to France; and he promises that he himself will come thither, even to Aachen, and will there profess himself a Christian and also do homage for his kingdom.
Who acts: King, I · What happens: make, go back, promise, come, profess, do · To what, where: condition, France, Aachen, King, homage · 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 (King, I), 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 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 makes | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 condition | det |
| 5 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 6 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 go | mark |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 go | nsubj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 makes | conj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 France | case |
| 12 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 promises | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 promises | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 promises | nsubj |
| 16 | promises | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 makes | conj |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 come | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 come | nsubj |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 21 come | nsubj |
| 20 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 come | aux |
| 21 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 promises | ccomp |
| 22 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 21 come | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Aachen | punct |
| 24 | even | even | ADV | _ | 26 Aachen | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 Aachen | case |
| 26 | Aachen | Aachen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 come | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 profess | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 profess | cc |
| 29 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 profess | aux |
| 30 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 31 profess | advmod |
| 31 | profess | profess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | conj |
| 32 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 31 profess | obj |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 Christian | det |
| 34 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 profess | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 do | cc |
| 36 | also | also | ADV | _ | 37 do | advmod |
| 37 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 31 profess | conj |
| 38 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 do | obj |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 kingdom | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 41 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 do | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 makes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | King | this condition | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Product | ||||
| 2 | go back | present | I | France | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to france=Result | ||||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | present | King | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | come | future | King | Aachen | thither property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to aachen=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | profess | future | King not said here | King | there | a Christian obj | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Theme christian=Attribute | ||
| 6 | do | present | King not said here | homage | for King's kingdom | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=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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