Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Treason of Ganelon, sentence 54
So long as I have thee in my hands the King of France shall not say that I perished alone in the land of strangers; no verily, but their best warriors shall have paid for my death with their blood."
Who acts: I, King, my · What happens: have, not say, perish, pay, die · To what, where: thee, hands, land, best warriors · 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 (I, King, my), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 say | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 have | mark |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 long | advcl |
| 6 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hands | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hands | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 say | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 France | case |
| 13 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 King | nmod |
| 14 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 say | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 say | advmod |
| 16 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 perished | mark |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 perished | nsubj |
| 19 | perished | perish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 say | ccomp |
| 20 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 19 perished | advmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 land | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 land | det |
| 23 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 perished | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 strangers | case |
| 25 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 land | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 verily | punct |
| 27 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 28 verily | det |
| 28 | verily | verily | ADV | _ | 16 say | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 paid | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 36 paid | cc |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 warriors | nmod:poss |
| 32 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 33 warriors | amod |
| 33 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 paid | aux |
| 35 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 36 paid | aux |
| 36 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 say | parataxis |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 death | case |
| 38 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 death | nmod:poss |
| 39 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 paid | obl |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 blood | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 blood | nmod:poss |
| 42 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 paid | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 say | punct |
| 44 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | I | thee | my hands | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | |||
| 2 | not say speech: assert | shall | the King of France | long, verily property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | perish | past | I | the land of strangers | alone property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 4 | pay | shall · perfect · passive | strangers's best warriors | for my death; with warriors's blood | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for death=Theme | ||||
| 5 | die | my | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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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