Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Treason of Ganelon, sentence 39
Tis from him you will hear whether you will have peace or no." "Let him speak," said the King, "and we will listen."
Who acts: Tis, you, King, we · What happens: hear, have, let, speak, say, listen · To what, where: peace, King · 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 (Tis, you, King, we), 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 | Tis | Tis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tis | nmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 hear | aux |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 10 have | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 have | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 have | aux |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 said | advcl |
| 11 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obj |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 no. | cc |
| 13 | no. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 11 peace | conj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Let | punct |
| 16 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 said | ccomp |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 Let | obj |
| 18 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 Let | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Let | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 Let | punct |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hear | parataxis |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 King | det |
| 23 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 said | nsubj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 listen | cc |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 listen | nsubj |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 listen | aux |
| 29 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hear | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 hear | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 hear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | future | Tis from King | you nsubj | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | have | future | you | peace or no. | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | ||||
| 3 | let | infinitive | King | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | speak speech: other | infinitive | King not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | listen | future | we | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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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