Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 76
When they had passed through the gates of Saragossa, they saw a great multitude of men lamenting. "
Who acts: envoys, great multitude · What happens: pass, see, lament · To what, where: envoys, gates, great multitude
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 (envoys, great multitude), 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 passed | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 passed | aux |
| 4 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 gates | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gates | det |
| 7 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 passed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Saragossa | case |
| 9 | Saragossa | Saragossa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gates | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saw | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 saw | nsubj |
| 12 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 passed | conj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 multitude | det |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 multitude | amod |
| 15 | multitude | multitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saw | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 men | case |
| 17 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 multitude | nmod |
| 18 | lamenting | lament | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 multitude | acl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 passed | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past · perfect · passive | envoys = envoy | the gates of Saragossa | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through gate=Destination | ||||
| 2 | see | past | envoys = envoy | a great multitude of men | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer multitude=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lament | gerund | a great multitude of men not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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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