Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 77

The gods have dealt ill with us," said they; "our King is wounded to the death, and his son is dead, and Spain will be the prey of the Christian dogs."

Who acts: envoys, son, Spain · What happens: deal, say, wound, be · To what, where: gods, King, prey · 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 (envoys, son, Spain), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gods	det
2	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dealt	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dealt	aux
4	dealt	deal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 said	ccomp
5	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dealt	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 us	case
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 ill	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dealt	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 dealt	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 wounded	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 wounded	punct
14	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 King	nmod:poss
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 wounded	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 wounded	aux:pass
17	wounded	wound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 said	parataxis
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 death	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 death	det
20	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 wounded	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 dead	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 dead	cc
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 son	nmod:poss
24	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 dead	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 dead	cop
26	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 wounded	conj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 prey	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 prey	cc
29	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 prey	nsubj
30	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 prey	aux
31	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	33 prey	cop
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 prey	det
33	prey	prey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	ccomp
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 dogs	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 dogs	det
36	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 dogs	amod
37	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 prey	nmod
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	33 prey	punct
39	"	"	PUNCT	_	33 prey	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	deal	present · perfect · passive		the gods	ill property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	envoys = envoy			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wound	present · passive		our King	to the death	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
4	is	present	King's son		dead property	tree rules
5	is a	future	Spain	the prey	of the Christian dogs	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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The tree

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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Charlemagne Sought Vengeance, sentence 77