Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Treason of Ganelon, sentence 59
And he threw to the ground his mantle of sable, covered with silk of Alexandria; but his sword he kept, holding its hilt in his right hand. "
Who acts: Charles, sword · What happens: throw, cover, keep, hold · To what, where: mantle, ground, hilt, right hand
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 (Charles, sword), 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 threw | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 threw | nsubj |
| 3 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ground | det |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 threw | obl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mantle | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 threw | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 sable | case |
| 10 | sable | sable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mantle | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 covered | punct |
| 12 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 sable | conj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 silk | case |
| 14 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 covered | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Alexandria | case |
| 16 | Alexandria | Alexandria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 silk | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 kept | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 kept | cc |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 sword | nmod:poss |
| 20 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 kept | nsubj |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 kept | nsubj |
| 22 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 threw | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 holding | punct |
| 24 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 kept | advcl |
| 25 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 hilt | nmod:poss |
| 26 | hilt | hilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 holding | obj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 hand | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 hand | nmod:poss |
| 29 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 hand | amod |
| 30 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 holding | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 threw | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 threw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | Charles | Charles's mantle of sable | the ground | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mantle=Theme to ground=Destination | |||
| 2 | cover | participle | Charles not said here | with silk of Alexandria | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silk=Theme | ||||
| 3 | keep | past | Charles's sword | Charles nsubj | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | hold | gerund | Charles's sword not said here | sword's hilt | Charles's right hand | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hilt=Theme in hand=Location |
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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