Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Slaying of Lothair, sentence 91
The next morning he said to his lords, Ogier the Dane, and the Duke Naymes and Turpin the Archbishop, "I am in fear for my son Lothair; he tarries long on this journey.
Who acts: King · What happens: say, be, tarry · To what, where: lords, fear, journey · 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morning | det |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 morning | amod |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lords | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 lords | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 said | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Ogier | punct |
| 10 | Ogier | Ogier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 lords | appos |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Dane | det |
| 12 | Dane | Dane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Ogier | appos |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Naymes | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Naymes | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Naymes | det |
| 16 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Naymes | compound |
| 17 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | parataxis |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 Turpin | cc |
| 19 | Turpin | Turpin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Naymes | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Archbishop | det |
| 21 | Archbishop | Archbishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Naymes | appos |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 fear | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 fear | punct |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 fear | nsubj |
| 25 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 fear | cop |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 fear | case |
| 27 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Naymes | appos |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 Lothair | case |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 Lothair | nmod:poss |
| 30 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 Lothair | compound |
| 31 | Lothair | lothair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 fear | nmod |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 tarries | punct |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 tarries | nsubj |
| 34 | tarries | tarry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | conj |
| 35 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 34 tarries | advmod |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 38 journey | case |
| 37 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 38 journey | det |
| 38 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 tarries | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | King | King's lords | morning | the Duke Naymes and Turpin parataxis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient | ||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | King | fear | for my son Lothair | tree rules | |||
| 3 | tarry in a quote | present | King | this journey | long property | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on journey=Location |
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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