Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 21
And the men of France cried, mocking them, "You have seen Roland; but it has not turned to your good."
Who acts: men, You · What happens: cry, mock, see, not turn · To what, where: men, Roland, sword, good · 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 (men, You), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 cried | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 men | det |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cried | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 France | case |
| 5 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 men | nmod |
| 6 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mocking | punct |
| 8 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 cried | advcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 mocking | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 seen | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 seen | punct |
| 12 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 seen | nsubj |
| 13 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 seen | aux |
| 14 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 mocking | advcl |
| 15 | Roland | Roland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 seen | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 turned | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 turned | cc |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 turned | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 turned | advmod |
| 21 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 cried | conj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 good | case |
| 23 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 good | nmod:poss |
| 24 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 turned | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cried | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | the men of France | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mock | gerund | the men of France not said here | men = man | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see in a quote | present · perfect | You | Roland | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roland=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | not turn in a quote | present · perfect · passive | sword | your good | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to good=Trajectory |
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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