Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Slaying of Lothair, sentence 83
He said to his steward, "Bring hither the arms of King Certes, whom I slew at Pampeluna, and put them on him."
Who acts: King · What happens: say, bring, slay, put · To what, where: steward, arms, Pampeluna · 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 (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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 steward | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 steward | nmod:poss |
| 5 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Bring | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Bring | punct |
| 8 | Bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 9 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 8 Bring | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 arms | det |
| 11 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Bring | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 King | case |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 arms | nmod |
| 14 | Certes | Certes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 King | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 slew | punct |
| 16 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 slew | obj |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 slew | nsubj |
| 18 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 arms | acl:relcl |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 Pampeluna | case |
| 20 | Pampeluna | Pampeluna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 slew | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 put | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 put | cc |
| 23 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Bring | conj |
| 24 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 put | obj |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 him | case |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 put | obl |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Bring | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Bring | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | King | King's steward | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to steward=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | bring in a quote | infinitive | the arms of King | hither property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ||||
| 3 | slay in a quote | past | King | the arms of King | Pampeluna | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Patient | |||
| 4 | put in a quote | infinitive | arms = arm | on King | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on he=Destination |
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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