Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Archbishop Turpin Died, sentence 47
And though this be our last battle, I know well that King Charles will take ample vengeance for us."
Who acts: this, I, Charles · What happens: be, know, take · To what, where: last battle, ample vengeance · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Archbishop Turpin Died. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, I, Charles), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 know | cc |
| 2 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 7 battle | mark |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 battle | nsubj |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 battle | cop |
| 5 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 battle | nmod:poss |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 battle | amod |
| 7 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 know | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 battle | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 know | nsubj |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 know | advmod |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 take | mark |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 14 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 take | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 take | aux |
| 16 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 know | ccomp |
| 17 | ample | ample | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 vengeance | amod |
| 18 | vengeance | vengeance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 take | obj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 us | case |
| 20 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 take | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 know | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | infinitive | this | our last battle | our nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | present | I | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | take | future | Charles King | ample vengeance | for us | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent vengeance=Theme for we=Beneficiary |
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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