Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Slaying of Lothair, sentence 63
Not a word of counsel would he take, when some of his knights would put him in mind of the King's might, and of how he was in truth the King's man, holding of him this very town of Aygremont. "
Who acts: word, some · What happens: take, put, be, hold, word · To what, where: truth man, word, mind, town, counsel
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 (word, some), 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 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 word | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 word | det |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 take | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 counsel | case |
| 5 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 word | nmod |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 take | nsubj |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 put | punct |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 put | advmod |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 put | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 knights | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 knights | nmod:poss |
| 14 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 some | nmod |
| 15 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 put | aux |
| 16 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 take | conj |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 put | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 mind | case |
| 19 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 put | obl |
| 20 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 24 might | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 King | det |
| 22 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 might | nmod:poss |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 King | case |
| 24 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 mind | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 man | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 man | cc |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 truth | case |
| 28 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 truth | advmod |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 truth | nsubj |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 truth | cop |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 truth | case |
| 32 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 man | compound |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 King | det |
| 34 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 man | nmod:poss |
| 35 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 34 King | case |
| 36 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 take | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 holding | punct |
| 38 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 take | advcl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 him | case |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 holding | obl |
| 41 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 town | det |
| 42 | very | very | ADV | _ | 43 town | advmod |
| 43 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 holding | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Aygremont | case |
| 45 | Aygremont | Aygremont | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 town | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 take | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 take | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | would | a word of counsel | the King's truth man | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | put | would | some of word's knights | word | mind | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in mind=Destination | |||
| 3 | is | past | word | of truth | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hold | gerund | a word of counsel not said here | this town of Aygremont | of word | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme | |||
| 5 | word | counsel | nom word «communication 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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