Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 169
The Emir had well-nigh died of grief to hear such evil news; but he called to him one of his wisest counsellors. "
Who acts: Emir · What happens: have, die, hear, call · To what, where: such evil news, King · 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 (Emir), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Emir | det |
| 2 | Emir | Emir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 died | advmod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 well | punct |
| 6 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 7 died | advmod |
| 7 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | ccomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 grief | case |
| 9 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 died | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 hear | mark |
| 11 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 died | advcl |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 news | amod |
| 13 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 news | amod |
| 14 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hear | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 called | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 called | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 called | nsubj |
| 18 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | parataxis |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 called | obl |
| 21 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 called | xcomp |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 counsellors | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 counsellors | nmod:poss |
| 24 | wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 25 counsellors | amod |
| 25 | counsellors | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 one | nmod |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the Emir | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | die | past | the Emir not said here | of grief; nigh, well property | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of grief=Causer | ||||
| 3 | hear | to-infinitive | the Emir not said here | such evil news | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | call | past | Emir | King | one of King's wisest counsellors xcomp | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
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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