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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Slaying of Lothair, sentence 77

I fear me much," he said to his lords, "lest some evil have befallen my son, for this Duke Benes is a savage man and a cruel."

Who acts: I, Paris, evil, this · What happens: fear, say, befall, be · To what, where: me, son, savage man · 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 (I, Paris, evil, this), 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

nsubjccompobjadvmodpunctpunctnsubjcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctmarkdetnsubjauxconjnmod:possobjpunctmarknsubjcompoundnsubjcopdetamodoblccdetconjpunctpunctrootIPRONfearVERBmePRONmuchADV,PUNCT"PUNCThePRONsaidVERBtoADPhisPRONlordsNOUN,PUNCT"PUNCTlestSCONJsomeDETevilADJhaveAUXbefallenVERBmyPRONsonNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJthisPRONDukePROPNBenesPROPNisAUXaDETsavageADJmanNOUNandCCONJaDETcruelADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 fearnsubj
2fearfearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 saidccomp
3meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs2 fearobj
4muchmuchADV_2 fearadvmod
5,,PUNCT_2 fearpunct
6""PUNCT_2 fearpunct
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 saidnsubj
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9totoADP_11 lordscase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 lordsnmod:poss
11lordslordNOUNNumber=Plur8 saidobl
12,,PUNCT_18 befallenpunct
13""PUNCT_18 befallenpunct
14lestlestSCONJ_18 befallenmark
15somesomeDETPronType=Ind16 evildet
16evilevilADJDegree=Pos18 befallennsubj
17havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 befallenaux
18befallenbefallVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 saidconj
19mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 sonnmod:poss
20sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing18 befallenobj
21,,PUNCT_29 manpunct
22forforSCONJ_29 manmark
23thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem29 mannsubj
24DukeDukePROPNNumber=Sing25 Benescompound
25BenesBenesPROPNNumber=Sing29 mannsubj
26isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 mancop
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art29 mandet
28savagesavageADJDegree=Pos29 manamod
29manmanNOUNNumber=Sing18 befallenobl
30andandCCONJ_32 cruelcc
31aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art32 crueldet
32cruelcruelADJDegree=Pos29 manconj
33..PUNCT_8 saidpunct
34""PUNCT_8 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fearpresentImevn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus
2say speech: assert in a quotepastParisto Paris's lordsvn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to lord=Experiencer clause=Topic
3befallpresent · perfectsome evilmy sontree rules
4is apresentthisa savage manDuke Benes nsubjtree rules
5bethis not said heretree rules

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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