Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Treason of Ganelon, sentence 58
"Sire," said Ganelon, "I will put up with this affront, but never will I consent, for all the treasures that there are in this land, nay, not for all the gold that God has made, not to speak the words that King Charles has commanded me to speak."
Who acts: Sire, Charles · What happens: say, put up, not consent, make, not speak, command · To what, where: God, words, that · 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 (Sire, Charles), 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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sire | punct |
| 2 | Sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sire | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sire | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Ganelon | Ganelon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 put | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | aux |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | parataxis |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 put | compound:prt |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 affront | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 affront | det |
| 15 | affront | affront | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 consent | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 consent | cc |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 21 consent | advmod |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 consent | aux |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 consent | nsubj |
| 21 | consent | consent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | parataxis |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 treasures | punct |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 treasures | case |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 treasures | det:predet |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 treasures | det |
| 26 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 consent | obl |
| 27 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 are | obj |
| 28 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 29 are | expl |
| 29 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 treasures | acl:relcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 land | case |
| 31 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 land | det |
| 32 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 are | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 nay | punct |
| 34 | nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 21 consent | discourse |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 gold | punct |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 gold | advmod |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 gold | case |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 gold | det:predet |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 gold | det |
| 40 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 consent | conj |
| 41 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 made | obl |
| 42 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 made | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 made | aux |
| 44 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 gold | acl:relcl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 speak | punct |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 speak | advmod |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 speak | mark |
| 48 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 44 made | parataxis |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 words | det |
| 50 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 speak | obj |
| 51 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 commanded | obj |
| 52 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 53 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 commanded | nsubj |
| 54 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 commanded | aux |
| 55 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 50 words | appos |
| 56 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 commanded | obj |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 58 speak | mark |
| 58 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 commanded | xcomp |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 consent | punct |
| 60 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 consent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Sire | Ganelon nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | put up in a quote | future | Sire | with this affront | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not consent in a quote | future | Sire | for all treasures; all gold conj | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | make in a quote | present · perfect · passive | God | all gold obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 5 | not speak speech: other in a quote | to-infinitive | the words | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | command in a quote | present · perfect | Charles King | that | me obj | tree rules | |||
| 7 | speak speech: other not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Charles King not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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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