Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Punishment of Ganelon, sentence 76
The King asked, "What shall we do with those that pledged themselves for the traitor's innocence?" "
Who acts: King, we · What happens: ask, do, pledge · To what, where: blows · 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 (King, we), 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 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 What | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 What | punct |
| 6 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 asked | ccomp |
| 7 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 8 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 do | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 What | acl:relcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 those | case |
| 11 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 do | obl |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 pledged | nsubj |
| 13 | pledged | pledge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 those | acl:relcl |
| 14 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 pledged | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 innocence | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 traitor | det |
| 17 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 innocence | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 traitor | case |
| 19 | innocence | innocence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pledged | obl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 What | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the King | What ccomp | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | shall | we | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pledge in a quote | past | blows = blow | for the traitor's innocence goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme for innocence=Goal |
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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