Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 112
Then the King called to him two lords: "You shall take the place of Roland and Oliver; one of you shall carry the sword, and one the horn."
Who acts: King, Naymes, one · What happens: call, take, carry · To what, where: two lords, Naymes, place, sword · Speech: someone speaks here
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, Naymes, 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 called | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 called | nsubj |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | obl |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 lords | nummod |
| 8 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 called | obj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 take | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 take | punct |
| 11 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 take | nsubj |
| 12 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 take | aux |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 called | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 place | det |
| 15 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Roland | case |
| 17 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 place | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 Oliver | cc |
| 19 | Oliver | Oliver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Roland | conj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 carry | punct |
| 21 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 carry | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 you | case |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 one | nmod |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 carry | aux |
| 25 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 called | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 sword | det |
| 27 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 carry | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 horn | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 horn | cc |
| 30 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 horn | nummod |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 horn | det |
| 32 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 horn | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 horn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | past | the King | two lords | Naymes | then | the one horn xcomp | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lord=Topic to he=Recipient | |
| 2 | take in a quote | shall | Naymes | the place of Roland and Oliver | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ||||
| 3 | carry in a quote | shall | one of you | the sword | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=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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