Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Death of Roland, sentence 10
But as the man laid hold, Roland came to himself, and knew that some one was taking his sword from him.
Who acts: man, Roland, one · What happens: lay, come, know, take · To what, where: hold, Roland, sword · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, The Death of Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, Roland, one), 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 | _ | 9 came | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 laid | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laid | nsubj |
| 5 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | advcl |
| 6 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laid | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 laid | punct |
| 8 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 himself | case |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 came | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 knew | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 knew | cc |
| 14 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | conj |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 taking | mark |
| 16 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 one | det |
| 17 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 taking | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 taking | aux |
| 19 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 knew | ccomp |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 sword | nmod:poss |
| 21 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 taking | obj |
| 22 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 taking | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay | past | the man | hold | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result | ||||
| 2 | come | past | Roland | Roland | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to himself=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | know | past | Roland not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | take | past · progressive | some one | Roland's sword | from Roland | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from he=Initial_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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