Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, The Death of Roland, sentence 7
When he saw Roland, he raised himself from where he was lying among the slain and ran to the place, and, being full of pride and fury, seized the Count in his arms, crying aloud, "He is conquered, he is conquered, the famous nephew of King Charles!
Who acts: Roland · What happens: see, raise, lie, run, be, seize · To what, where: Roland, slain, Count, arms · 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 (Roland), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 saw | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saw | nsubj |
| 3 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 raised | advcl |
| 4 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 saw | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 saw | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 raised | nsubj |
| 7 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 raised | obj |
| 9 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 13 lying | mark |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 lying | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lying | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 lying | aux |
| 13 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 raised | advcl |
| 14 | among | among | ADP | _ | 16 slain | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 slain | det |
| 16 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lying | obl |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 ran | cc |
| 18 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 raised | conj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 place | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 place | det |
| 21 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 ran | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 full | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 full | cc |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 and | punct |
| 25 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 full | cop |
| 26 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 raised | parataxis |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 pride | case |
| 28 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 full | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 fury | cc |
| 30 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 pride | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 seized | punct |
| 32 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 raised | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Count | det |
| 34 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 seized | obj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 arms | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 arms | nmod:poss |
| 37 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 seized | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 crying | punct |
| 39 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 seized | advcl |
| 40 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 39 crying | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 conquered | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 45 conquered | punct |
| 43 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 conquered | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 conquered | aux:pass |
| 45 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 seized | parataxis |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 conquered | punct |
| 47 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 conquered | nsubj |
| 48 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 conquered | aux:pass |
| 49 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 conquered | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 nephew | punct |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 nephew | det |
| 52 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 nephew | amod |
| 53 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 conquered | obl |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 Charles | case |
| 55 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 56 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 nephew | nmod |
| 57 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 raised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Roland | Roland | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roland=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | raise | past | Roland | Roland | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lie | past · progressive | Roland | the slain | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among slain=Location | ||||
| 4 | run | past | Roland not said here | to the place result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to place=Result | ||||
| 5 | is | gerund | of pride and fury; full property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | seize | past | Roland not said here | the Count | Roland's arms | tree rules | |||
| 7 | cry speech: express | gerund | Roland not said here | aloud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | conquer in a quote | present · passive | Roland | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 9 | conquer in a quote | present · passive | Roland | the famous nephew of Charles King obl | 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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