Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Punishment of Ganelon, sentence 31
Thereupon the barons of Auvergne went to the King and said, "Sire, we beseech you, to hold the Count quit of this charge.
Who acts: barons, we, Count · What happens: go, say, beseech, hold, quit · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Punishment of Ganelon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (barons, we, Count), 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 | Thereupon | thereupon | ADV | _ | 6 went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 barons | det |
| 3 | barons | baron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 went | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Auvergne | case |
| 5 | Auvergne | Auvergne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 barons | nmod |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 King | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 King | det |
| 9 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 went | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Sire | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Sire | punct |
| 14 | Sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 said | vocative |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 beseech | punct |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 beseech | nsubj |
| 17 | beseech | beseech | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 went | parataxis |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 beseech | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 hold | punct |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 hold | mark |
| 21 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 beseech | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Count | det |
| 23 | Count | count | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 quit | nsubj |
| 24 | quit | quit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 hold | ccomp |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 charge | case |
| 26 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 charge | det |
| 27 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 quit | obl |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the barons of Auvergne | to the King; thereupon property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the barons of Auvergne not said here | Sire vocative | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | beseech in a quote | present | we | you | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hold in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | quit in a quote | past | the Count | of this charge | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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