Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Battle, sentence 53
But as he spake he drew the good sword from its scabbard, and smote a heathen knight, Justin of the Iron Valley.
Who acts: Oliver · What happens: draw, smite · To what, where: good sword, scabbard, heathen knight
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Battle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Oliver), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 drew | cc |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 spake | case |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spake | nsubj |
| 4 | spake | speak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drew | obl |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 drew | nsubj |
| 6 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sword | det |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 sword | amod |
| 9 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drew | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 scabbard | case |
| 11 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 scabbard | nmod:poss |
| 12 | scabbard | scabbard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sword | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 smote | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 smote | cc |
| 15 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 drew | conj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 knight | det |
| 17 | heathen | heathen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 knight | amod |
| 18 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 smote | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Justin | punct |
| 20 | Justin | Justin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 knight | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Valley | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Valley | det |
| 23 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Valley | compound |
| 24 | Valley | Valley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Justin | nmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 drew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | Oliver | the good sword | sword's scabbard | as spake Oliver | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from scabbard=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | smite | past | Oliver not said here | a heathen knight | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus knight=Experiencer |
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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