Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 108
Nor would he abate one jot from this sentence, for all that Huon begged him to have mercy, and the Duke Naymes with the other Barons were urgent with him that he should not do this great injustice.
Who acts: Nor, Huon, Duke Naymes, Naymes · What happens: abate, beg, have, be, not do · To what, where: one jot, sentence, Nor, mercy, great injustice
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nor, Huon, Duke Naymes, Naymes), 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 | Nor | Nor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 abate | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 abate | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 abate | nsubj |
| 4 | abate | abate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 jot | nummod |
| 6 | jot | jot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 abate | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 sentence | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 sentence | det |
| 9 | sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 abate | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 begged | punct |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 that | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 that | det:predet |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 begged | obl |
| 14 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 begged | nsubj |
| 15 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 abate | parataxis |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 begged | obj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 have | mark |
| 18 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 begged | xcomp |
| 19 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 have | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 urgent | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 urgent | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Naymes | det |
| 23 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Naymes | compound |
| 24 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 urgent | nsubj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 28 Barons | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Barons | det |
| 27 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 Barons | amod |
| 28 | Barons | Baron | PROPN | Number=Plur | 24 Naymes | nmod |
| 29 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 urgent | cop |
| 30 | urgent | urgent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 begged | conj |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 him | case |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 urgent | obl |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 do | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 do | nsubj |
| 35 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 do | aux |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 do | advmod |
| 37 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 urgent | advcl |
| 38 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 40 injustice | det |
| 39 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 injustice | amod |
| 40 | injustice | injustice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 do | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 abate | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abate | would | Nor | one jot | this sentence | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent jot=Patient | |||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | Huon | Nor | for that | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | Huon not said here | mercy | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is | past | the Duke Naymes with the other Barons | with Nor; urgent property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | not do | should | Naymes | this great injustice | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injustice=Eventuality |
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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