Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Archbishop Turpin Died, sentence 81

Gathering all that he had of strength together, he lifted himself from the ground, stumbling and staggering he went, but his strength did not suffice for the task; before he had gone the length of a furlong he fell staggering to the ground, and the agony of death came upon him.

Who acts: Roland, strength, agony · What happens: gather, have, lift, stumble, stagger, go · To what, where: all, Roland, ground, length, furlong

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 (Roland, strength, agony), 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	Gathering	gather	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 lifted	advcl
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Gathering	obl
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 had	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Gathering	advcl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 strength	case
7	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl
8	together	together	ADV	_	5 had	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Gathering	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lifted	nsubj
11	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 lifted	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 ground	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ground	det
15	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lifted	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stumbling	punct
17	stumbling	stumble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 lifted	advcl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 staggering	cc
19	staggering	stagger	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 stumbling	conj
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 went	nsubj
21	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 staggering	ccomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 suffice	punct
23	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 suffice	cc
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 strength	nmod:poss
25	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 suffice	nsubj
26	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 suffice	aux
27	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	28 suffice	advmod
28	suffice	suffice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 lifted	conj
29	for	for	ADP	_	31 task	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 task	det
31	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 suffice	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 gone	punct
33	before	before	SCONJ	_	36 gone	mark
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 gone	nsubj
35	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 gone	aux
36	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 lifted	conj
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 length	det
38	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 gone	obj
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 furlong	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 furlong	det
41	furlong	furlong	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 length	nmod
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 fell	nsubj
43	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 furlong	acl:relcl
44	staggering	stagger	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	43 fell	xcomp
45	to	to	ADP	_	47 ground	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 ground	det
47	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 staggering	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 came	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 came	cc
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 agony	det
51	agony	agony	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 came	nsubj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 death	case
53	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 agony	nmod
54	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lifted	conj
55	upon	upon	ADP	_	56 him	case
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 came	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 lifted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	gather	gerund	Roland not said here	all			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	Roland			of strength; together property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	lift	past	Roland	Roland	the ground		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme from ground=Destination
4	stumble	gerund	Roland not said here				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	stagger	gerund	Roland not said here				tree rules
6	go	past	Roland				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	not suffice	past · do-support	Roland's strength			for the task	tree rules
8	go	past · perfect	Roland	the length of a furlong			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location length=Theme
9	fall	past	Roland	a furlong not said here			tree rules
10	stagger	gerund	Roland not said here		the ground		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to ground=Destination
11	come	past	the agony of death			upon Roland	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Archbishop Turpin Died, sentence 81