Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 57
Then said the Queen to herself, in the midst of her tears, "Now a curse upon these gods who have failed us in the day of battle.
Who acts: Queen, gods · What happens: say, fail · To what, where: Queen, us · 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 (Queen, gods), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 said | advmod |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 herself | case |
| 6 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 said | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 midst | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 midst | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 midst | det |
| 10 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 said | parataxis |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 tears | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 tears | nmod:poss |
| 13 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 midst | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 curse | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 curse | punct |
| 16 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 curse | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 curse | det |
| 18 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 midst | conj |
| 19 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 21 gods | case |
| 20 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 21 gods | det |
| 21 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 curse | nmod |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 failed | nsubj |
| 23 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 failed | aux |
| 24 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 21 gods | acl:relcl |
| 25 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 failed | obj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 day | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 day | det |
| 28 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 failed | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 battle | case |
| 30 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 day | nmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Queen | Queen | then | the midst of Queen's tears and a curse upon this gods parataxis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to herself=Recipient | ||
| 2 | fail in a quote | present · perfect | this gods | us | day | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Eventuality |
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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