Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 178
Mighty warriors they were, and fierce was the charge they made; so fierce that they brake the army of France in twain.
Who acts: Mighty warriors, warriors · What happens: be, make, break · To what, where: charge, army, twain
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 warriors, warriors), 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 | Mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 warriors | amod |
| 2 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fierce | nsubj |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fierce | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fierce | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fierce | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fierce | cc |
| 7 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fierce | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 charge | det |
| 10 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 was | nsubj |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 made | nsubj |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 charge | acl:relcl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 fierce | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 fierce | advmod |
| 15 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fierce | conj |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 brake | mark |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 brake | nsubj |
| 18 | brake | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fierce | advcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 army | det |
| 20 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 brake | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 France | case |
| 22 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 army | nmod |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 twain | case |
| 24 | twain | twain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 brake | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fierce | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Mighty warriors | warriors = warrior nsubj; fierce property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past | warriors = warrior | the charge not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset charge=Product | ||||
| 3 | be | Mighty warriors not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | break | present | warriors = warrior | the army of France | twain | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer army=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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