Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Punishment of Ganelon, sentence 42
And if any kinsman of his say me nay, then will I give him the lie with the edge of the sword."
Who acts: kinsman, I · What happens: say, give · To what, where: me, lie, kinsman · 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 (kinsman, I), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 give | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 kinsman | det |
| 4 | kinsman | kinsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 say | nmod:poss |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 give | advcl |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 say | obj |
| 9 | nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 7 say | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 give | advmod |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 give | aux |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 give | nsubj |
| 14 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 give | iobj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lie | det |
| 17 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 give | obj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 edge | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 edge | det |
| 20 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 lie | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 sword | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sword | det |
| 23 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 edge | nmod |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 give | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | any kinsman | me | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme nay=Manner | ||||
| 2 | give | future | I | the lie | kinsman | then | with the edge of the sword | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lie=Theme |
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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