Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Death of Roland, sentence 45
O Lord," he said, "who art the God of truth, and didst save Daniel Thy prophet from the lions, do Thou save my soul and defend it against all perils!"
Who acts: Lord, Thou · What happens: say, do, save, defend · To what, where: prophet, Daniel, soul · 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 (Lord, Thou), 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 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 2 Lord | discourse |
| 2 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Lord | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Lord | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 God | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 God | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 God | nsubj |
| 10 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 God | nsubj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 God | det |
| 12 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | ccomp |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 truth | case |
| 14 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 God | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 didst | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 didst | cc |
| 17 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | conj |
| 18 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 didst | xcomp |
| 19 | Daniel | Daniel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 save | obj |
| 20 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 21 prophet | nmod:poss |
| 21 | prophet | prophet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 save | obj |
| 22 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 lions | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 lions | det |
| 24 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 save | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 save | punct |
| 26 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 28 save | aux |
| 27 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 save | nsubj |
| 28 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 save | conj |
| 29 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 soul | nmod:poss |
| 30 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 save | obj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 defend | cc |
| 32 | defend | defend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 save | conj |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 defend | obj |
| 34 | against | against | ADP | _ | 36 perils | case |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 perils | det |
| 36 | perils | peril | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 defend | obl |
| 37 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 18 save | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 didst | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Lord | the God art of truth ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | past | Lord not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | save | infinitive | Lord not said here | Thy prophet | Daniel | from the lions | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent daniel=Beneficiary prophet=Theme | ||
| 4 | save | infinitive · do-support | Thou | my soul | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme | ||||
| 5 | defend | infinitive | Thou not said here | soul | against all perils | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary against peril=Theme |
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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