Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 121
A mighty warrior was he, with deep chest and broad shoulders, over which his hair fell in curls, with fair face and shining eyes; of his courage he had given proofs without number.
Who acts: mighty warrior · What happens: be, fall, shine, give · To what, where: Emir, curls, eyes, hair
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 (mighty warrior), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 warrior | det |
| 2 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 warrior | amod |
| 3 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 he | cop |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 warrior | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chest | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 chest | case |
| 8 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chest | amod |
| 9 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warrior | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 shoulders | cc |
| 11 | broad | broad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 shoulders | amod |
| 12 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 warrior | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 fell | punct |
| 14 | over | over | ADP | _ | 15 which | case |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 fell | obl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 hair | nmod:poss |
| 17 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fell | nsubj |
| 18 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 curls | case |
| 20 | curls | curl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 fell | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 face | punct |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 face | case |
| 23 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 face | amod |
| 24 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fell | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 shining | cc |
| 26 | shining | shine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 face | conj |
| 27 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 shining | obj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 given | punct |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 courage | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 courage | nmod:poss |
| 31 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 given | obl |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 given | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 given | aux |
| 34 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 fell | parataxis |
| 35 | proofs | proof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 given | obj |
| 36 | without | without | ADP | _ | 37 number | case |
| 37 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 given | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 fell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Emir | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fall | past | a mighty warrior and deep chest and broad shoulders | curls | with fair face; which obl; Emir's hair nsubj | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over which=Location | |||
| 3 | shine | gerund | a mighty warrior and deep chest and broad shoulders not said here | eyes | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | ||||
| 4 | give | past · perfect · passive | hair | of hair's courage; without number; proofs obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient proof=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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