Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Punishment of Ganelon, sentence 4
When they had done this, the King said, "My Lords, I would have you judge this man Ganelon.
Who acts: judges, King, you · What happens: do, say, have, judge · To what, where: this, Lords, you, man · 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 (judges, King, you), 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 done | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 said | ccomp |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 done | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 done | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Lords | punct |
| 12 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 Lords | nmod:poss |
| 13 | Lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 said | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 have | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 have | nsubj |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 have | aux |
| 17 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | conj |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 have | obj |
| 19 | judge | judge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 have | xcomp |
| 20 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 man | det |
| 21 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 judge | obj |
| 22 | Ganelon | Ganelon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 man | appos |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | judges = judge | this | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the King | My Lords | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | would | the King = king | you | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | judge in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | this man | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent man=Value |
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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