Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Slaying of Lothair, sentence 71
These the Duke spared, on this condition, that they should carry his message to the King, and the message was this: "I will do no homage for my land, nor pay one penny of tribute.
Who acts: Duke, knights, message · What happens: spare, carry, be, do, pay · To what, where: condition, message, King, this, homage, one penny · 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, knights, message), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 Duke | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Duke | det |
| 3 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 spared | nsubj |
| 4 | spared | spare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 condition | punct |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 condition | case |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 condition | det |
| 8 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spared | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 carry | punct |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 carry | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 carry | nsubj |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 carry | aux |
| 13 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 spared | conj |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 message | nmod:poss |
| 15 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 carry | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 King | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 King | det |
| 18 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 carry | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 this | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 this | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 message | det |
| 22 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 this | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 this | cop |
| 24 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 spared | obl |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 do | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 do | punct |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 do | nsubj |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 do | aux |
| 29 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 spared | parataxis |
| 30 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 31 homage | det |
| 31 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 do | obj |
| 32 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 land | case |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 land | nmod:poss |
| 34 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 do | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 pay | punct |
| 36 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 37 pay | cc |
| 37 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 29 do | parataxis |
| 38 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 penny | nummod |
| 39 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 pay | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 tribute | case |
| 41 | tribute | tribute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 penny | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 spared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spare | past | this Duke | this condition | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | carry | should | knights = knight | Duke's message | the King | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to king=Destination | |||
| 3 | is a | past | the message | this | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | future | Duke | no homage | for my land | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | pay in a quote | infinitive | one penny of tribute | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Asset |
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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