Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 230
When the King saw this he called to him four countesses and bade them carry her to a nunnery that was hard by.
Who acts: King, four countesses, that · What happens: see, call, carry, be · To what, where: this, Roland, one more, nunnery · 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 (King, four countesses, that), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 called | advcl |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 called | nsubj |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 called | obl |
| 10 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 countesses | nummod |
| 11 | countesses | countess | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 carry | nsubj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 bade | cc |
| 13 | bade | bade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 countesses | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 bade | obj |
| 15 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 called | parataxis |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 carry | obj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 nunnery | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 nunnery | det |
| 19 | nunnery | nunnery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 carry | obl |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 hard | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 hard | cop |
| 22 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 nunnery | advmod |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 hard | fixed |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the King | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | past | King | Roland | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | carry | present | four countesses and bade words | one more = more | a nunnery | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to nunnery=Destination | |||
| 4 | is | past | that | hard property | 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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