Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Death of Roland, sentence 43
So he prayed; and, as he lay, he thought of many things, of the countries which he had conquered, and of his dear Fatherland France, and of his kinsfolk, and of the good King Charles.
Who acts: Lord · What happens: pray, lie, think, conquer · To what, where: countries
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 (Lord), 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 | _ | 3 prayed | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 prayed | nsubj |
| 3 | prayed | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 thought | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 thought | cc |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 and | punct |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 lay | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 lay | nsubj |
| 9 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 thought | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lay | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 thought | nsubj |
| 12 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 prayed | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 things | case |
| 14 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 things | amod |
| 15 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 thought | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 countries | punct |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 countries | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 countries | det |
| 19 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 things | nmod |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 conquered | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 conquered | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 conquered | aux |
| 23 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 countries | acl:relcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 France | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 France | cc |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 France | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 France | nmod:poss |
| 28 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 France | amod |
| 29 | Fatherland | Fatherland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 France | compound |
| 30 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 prayed | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 kinsfolk | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 kinsfolk | cc |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 kinsfolk | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 kinsfolk | nmod:poss |
| 35 | kinsfolk | kinsfolk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prayed | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 Charles | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 Charles | cc |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Charles | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 Charles | det |
| 40 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Charles | amod |
| 41 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 42 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 prayed | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 prayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | past | Lord | of Lord's kinsfolk; of the good Charles King; Lord's dear Fatherland France conj | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | lie | past | Lord | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | Lord | of many things of the countries | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | conquer | past · perfect · passive | the countries | Lord nsubj | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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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