Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Ganelon Went on an Errand to King Marsilas, sentence 64
King Marsilas has sent to you, saying that he is ready to profess our faith and to hold the kingdom of Spain as your vassal.
Who acts: King · What happens: send, say, be, profess, hold · To what, where: you, faith, kingdom · 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), 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 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | Marsilas | Marsilas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 King | flat |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | aux |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 you | case |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saying | punct |
| 8 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 sent | advcl |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 ready | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ready | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 ready | cop |
| 12 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 saying | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 profess | mark |
| 14 | profess | profess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 ready | xcomp |
| 15 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 faith | nmod:poss |
| 16 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 profess | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 hold | cc |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 hold | mark |
| 19 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 profess | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 kingdom | det |
| 21 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 hold | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Spain | case |
| 23 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 kingdom | nmod |
| 24 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 vassal | case |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 vassal | nmod:poss |
| 26 | vassal | vassal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 hold | obl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · perfect | King | you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to you=Destination | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | King not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | King | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | profess | to-infinitive | King not said here | our faith | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent faith=Theme | ||||
| 5 | hold | to-infinitive | King not said here | the kingdom of Spain | as your vassal | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
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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