Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Treason of Ganelon, sentence 143
And now take the keys of this city, and give them to King Charles; when you present these treasures to him deliver to him also these twenty hostages, only see that Roland be put in the rearguard." "'
Who acts: you · What happens: take, give, present, deliver, see, put · To what, where: keys, treasures, King, twenty hostages, that, rearguard · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Treason of Ganelon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 take | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 take | advmod |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 keys | det |
| 5 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 city | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 city | det |
| 8 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keys | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 give | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 give | cc |
| 11 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | conj |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 give | iobj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Charles | case |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 15 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 give | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 present | punct |
| 17 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 present | advmod |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 present | nsubj |
| 19 | present | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | parataxis |
| 20 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 21 treasures | det |
| 21 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 present | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 present | obl |
| 24 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 present | conj |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 him | case |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 deliver | obl |
| 27 | also | also | ADV | _ | 30 hostages | advmod |
| 28 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 30 hostages | det |
| 29 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 hostages | nummod |
| 30 | hostages | hostage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 deliver | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 see | punct |
| 32 | only | only | ADV | _ | 33 see | advmod |
| 33 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 take | conj |
| 34 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 37 put | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 put | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 put | aux:pass |
| 37 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 see | ccomp |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 rearguard | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 rearguard | det |
| 40 | rearguard | rearguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 put | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | the keys of this city | now | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | infinitive | you not said here | keys = key | to Charles King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to charles=Recipient | |||
| 3 | present | present | you | this treasures | King | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme to he=Recipient | |||
| 4 | deliver | infinitive | you not said here | this twenty hostages | King | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to he=Destination | |||
| 5 | see | infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | put | infinitive · passive | that | the rearguard | Roland nsubj:pass | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in rearguard=Destination |
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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