Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 151
On the other side the Prince Malprime, son to the Emir, rode forward on his white horse, charging into the midst of the army of France, and striking down warrior after warrior. "
Who acts: Malprime · What happens: ride, charge, strike down · To what, where: other side, midst, warrior
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 (Malprime), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 side | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 side | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 side | amod |
| 4 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 rode | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Malprime | det |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Malprime | nmod:desc |
| 7 | Malprime | Malprime | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 rode | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 son | punct |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Malprime | appos |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Emir | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Emir | det |
| 12 | Emir | Emir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 son | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Malprime | punct |
| 14 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 14 rode | advmod |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 horse | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 horse | nmod:poss |
| 18 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 horse | amod |
| 19 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 rode | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 charging | punct |
| 21 | charging | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 rode | advcl |
| 22 | into | into | ADP | _ | 24 midst | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 midst | det |
| 24 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 charging | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 army | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 army | det |
| 27 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 midst | nmod |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 France | case |
| 29 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 army | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 striking | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 striking | cc |
| 32 | striking | strike | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 rode | advcl |
| 33 | down | down | ADP | _ | 32 striking | compound:prt |
| 34 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 striking | obj |
| 35 | after | after | ADP | _ | 36 warrior | case |
| 36 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 striking | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 rode | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 rode | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | the Malprime Prince | the other side | on Malprime's white horse; forward property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | charge | gerund | the Malprime Prince not said here | the midst of the army of France | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into midst=Destination | ||||
| 3 | strike down | gerund | the Malprime Prince not said here | warrior | after warrior | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=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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