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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Plot Against Roland, sentence 62

And when they were come to the city, it being the third day from the issuing of the King's command, they saluted the great image of Mahomet, the false prophet that stood on the topmost tower.

Who acts: city, chiefs, false prophet, King · What happens: come, be, salute, stand, issue, command · To what, where: chiefs, third day, issuing, great image, topmost tower, command · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Plot Against Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (city, chiefs, false prophet, King), 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

ccadvmodnsubjaux:passcasedetoblpunctnsubjcopdetamodobl:unmarkedcasedetnmodcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctnsubjadvcldetamodobjcasenmodpunctdetamodapposnsubjacl:relclcasedetamodoblpunctrootAndCCONJwhenADVtheyPRONwereAUXcomeVERBtoADPtheDETcityNOUN,PUNCTitPRONbeingAUXtheDETthirdADJdayNOUNfromADPtheDETissuingNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPN'sPARTcommandNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONsalutedVERBtheDETgreatADJimageNOUNofADPMahometPROPN,PUNCTtheDETfalseADJprophetNOUNthatPRONstoodVERBonADPtheDETtopmostADJtowerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_5 comecc
2whenwhenADVPronType=Int5 comeadvmod
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 comensubj
4werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 comeaux:pass
5comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6totoADP_8 citycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 citydet
8citycityNOUNNumber=Sing5 comeobl
9,,PUNCT_14 daypunct
10ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 daynsubj
11beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 daycop
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 daydet
13thirdthirdADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord14 dayamod
14daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 comeobl:unmarked
15fromfromADP_17 issuingcase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 issuingdet
17issuingissuingNOUNNumber=Sing14 daynmod
18ofofADP_22 commandcase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 Kingdet
20KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing22 commandnmod:poss
21's'sPART_20 Kingcase
22commandcommandNOUNNumber=Sing17 issuingnmod
23,,PUNCT_25 salutedpunct
24theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs25 salutednsubj
25salutedsaluteVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 comeadvcl
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 imagedet
27greatgreatADJDegree=Pos28 imageamod
28imageimageNOUNNumber=Sing25 salutedobj
29ofofADP_30 Mahometcase
30MahometMahometPROPNNumber=Sing28 imagenmod
31,,PUNCT_34 prophetpunct
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 prophetdet
33falsefalseADJDegree=Pos34 prophetamod
34prophetprophetNOUNNumber=Sing30 Mahometappos
35thatthatPRONPronType=Rel36 stoodnsubj
36stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 prophetacl:relcl
37ononADP_40 towercase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 towerdet
39topmosttopmostADJDegree=Pos40 toweramod
40towertowerNOUNNumber=Sing36 stoodobl
41..PUNCT_5 comepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepast · passivechiefs = chiefto the cityvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2is agerundcitythe third daythe issuing of the King's commandtree rules
3salutepastchiefs = chiefthe great image of Mahometvn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Topic
4standpastthe false prophetthe topmost towervn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tower=Location
5issuethe King's commandnom issuing «act transitive»: of=patient
6commandthe Kingnom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent
7imageMahometnom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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