Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 18
Some say that God wrought a great miracle for the King, staying the sun in the heaven, till he should have avenged him of his enemies.
Who acts: Some, God, King · What happens: say, wrought, stay, avenge · To what, where: great miracle, sun, heaven, God · 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 (Some, God, King), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 say | nsubj |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 wrought | mark |
| 4 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wrought | nsubj |
| 5 | wrought | wrought | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 say | ccomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 miracle | det |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 miracle | amod |
| 8 | miracle | miracle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wrought | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 King | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 miracle | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 staying | punct |
| 13 | staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 wrought | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sun | det |
| 15 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 staying | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 heaven | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 heaven | det |
| 18 | heaven | heaven | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 staying | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 avenged | punct |
| 20 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 24 avenged | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 avenged | nsubj |
| 22 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 avenged | aux |
| 23 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 avenged | aux |
| 24 | avenged | avenge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 staying | conj |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 avenged | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 enemies | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 28 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 avenged | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Some | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wrought | past | God | a great miracle | for the King | tree rules | |||
| 3 | stay | gerund | God not said here | the sun | the heaven | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme sun=Location | |||
| 4 | avenge | should · perfect | King | God | of King's enemies | tree rules |
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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