Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Battle, sentence 95

So saying he gave a banner, richly embroidered, to the Emir Grandoigne; "Lead your men against the French," said he; "this shall be your warrant from me."

Who acts: power, this · What happens: say, give, embroider, lead, be · To what, where: banner, men, French, warrant · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (power, 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	2 saying	advmod
2	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 gave	advcl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 banner	det
6	banner	banner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 embroidered	punct
8	richly	richly	ADV	_	9 embroidered	advmod
9	embroidered	embroider	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gave	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Emir	punct
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 Emir	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Emir	det
13	Emir	Emir	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 embroidered	obl:agent
14	Grandoigne	Grandoigne	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Emir	flat
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 Lead	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 Lead	punct
17	Lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gave	conj
18	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 men	nmod:poss
19	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 Lead	obj
20	against	against	ADP	_	22 French	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 French	det
22	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Lead	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct
25	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gave	parataxis
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 said	nsubj
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 warrant	punct
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	33 warrant	punct
29	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	33 warrant	nsubj
30	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 warrant	aux
31	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 warrant	cop
32	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 warrant	nmod:poss
33	warrant	warrant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
34	from	from	ADP	_	35 me	case
35	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 warrant	nmod
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	33 warrant	punct
37	"	"	PUNCT	_	33 warrant	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	power not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	power	a banner			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banner=Theme
3	embroider	participle	power not said here			the Emir obl:agent; richly property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	lead in a quote	infinitive	power not said here	your men	the French		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme against french=Destination
5	say speech: assert	past	power				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	is a in a quote	shall	this	your warrant		from power; your nmod:poss	tree 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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🌲 Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Battle, sentence 95

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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Battle, sentence 95