Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Slaying of Lothair, sentence 49
But the Duke said to his lords, "Here comes the King's eldest son; if he speak wisely to us, wisely will we answer him; but if not, he shall not go free."
Who acts: Duke, we · What happens: say, come, speak, answer, not go · To what, where: lords, eldest son, us, Duke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Slaying of Lothair. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Duke, 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Duke | det |
| 3 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 lords | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 lords | nmod:poss |
| 7 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 said | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 comes | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 comes | punct |
| 10 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 comes | advmod |
| 11 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 King | det |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 son | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 King | case |
| 15 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 16 son | amod |
| 16 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comes | obj |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 speak | punct |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 20 speak | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 speak | nsubj |
| 20 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 21 | wisely | wisely | ADV | _ | 20 speak | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 us | case |
| 23 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 speak | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 answer | punct |
| 25 | wisely | wisely | ADV | _ | 28 answer | advmod |
| 26 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 answer | aux |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 answer | nsubj |
| 28 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 speak | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 answer | obj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 go | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 go | cc |
| 32 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 33 not | mark |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 go | advcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 not | punct |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 go | nsubj |
| 36 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 go | aux |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 38 go | advmod |
| 38 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 39 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 go | xcomp |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 38 go | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 go | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Duke | Duke's lords | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come in a quote | present | the Duke not said here | the King's eldest son | here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location son=Theme | |||
| 3 | speak speech: other a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Duke | us | wisely property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to we=Co-Agent | |||
| 4 | answer speech: assert in a quote | future | we | Duke | wisely property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | not go in a quote | shall | Duke | free property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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