Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 107
Then without delay he armed himself, donning his corslet and lacing his helmet, and taking in his hand his good sword Joyous, and when he had mounted his good steed he rode forth in front of his army. "
Who acts: King · What happens: arm, don, lace, take, mount, ride · To what, where: King, corslet, helmet, good sword, hand, good steed
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 armed | advmod |
| 2 | without | without | ADP | _ | 3 delay | case |
| 3 | delay | delay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 armed | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 armed | nsubj |
| 5 | armed | arm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 armed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 donning | punct |
| 8 | donning | don | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 armed | advcl |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 corslet | nmod:poss |
| 10 | corslet | corslet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 donning | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 lacing | cc |
| 12 | lacing | lace | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 donning | conj |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 helmet | nmod:poss |
| 14 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lacing | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 taking | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 taking | cc |
| 17 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 donning | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 hand | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 hand | nmod:poss |
| 20 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taking | obl |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 sword | nmod:poss |
| 22 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 sword | amod |
| 23 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taking | obj |
| 24 | Joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 taking | advcl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 mounted | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 mounted | cc |
| 27 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 mounted | advmod |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 mounted | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 mounted | aux |
| 30 | mounted | mount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 armed | conj |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 steed | nmod:poss |
| 32 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 steed | amod |
| 33 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 mounted | obj |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 rode | nsubj |
| 35 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 steed | acl:relcl |
| 36 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 35 rode | advmod |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 front | case |
| 38 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 rode | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 army | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 army | nmod:poss |
| 41 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 front | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 armed | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 armed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arm | past | King | King | then | without delay | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | ||
| 2 | don | gerund | King not said here | King's corslet | vn simple_dressing-41.3.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corslet=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lace | gerund | King not said here | King's helmet | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient | ||||
| 4 | take | gerund | King not said here | King's good sword | King's hand | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sword=Value in hand=Location | |||
| 5 | mount | past · perfect | King | King's good steed | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Patient | ||||
| 6 | ride | past | King | King's good steed not said here | front of King's army | forth property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=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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