Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 26
As for the King, he lay down to rest in a certain meadow, his spear by his pillow, for he would not be far from his arms.
Who acts: King · What happens: lie down, rest, not be · To what, where: certain meadow
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), 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 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 4 King | case |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lay | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 King | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lay | nsubj |
| 7 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 lay | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 rest | mark |
| 10 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 lay | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 meadow | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 meadow | det |
| 13 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 meadow | amod |
| 14 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rest | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 spear | punct |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 spear | nmod:poss |
| 17 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 meadow | conj |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 pillow | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 pillow | nmod:poss |
| 20 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rest | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 arms | punct |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 arms | case |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 arms | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 arms | aux |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 arms | advmod |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 arms | cop |
| 27 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 30 arms | advmod |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 arms | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 arms | nmod:poss |
| 30 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 rest | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 lay | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | past | King | as the King; down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | rest | to-infinitive | King not said here | a certain meadow and King's spear | by King's pillow | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in meadow=Location | |||
| 3 | not is | would | King | for King's arms; far 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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