Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 109
Nevertheless at the last when he saw that he was left alone, for the Duke with his fellows had departed from the palace, he was constrained to relent somewhat from his purpose.
Who acts: Naymes · What happens: see, leave, depart, constrain, relent, purpose · To what, where: Naymes, fellows, palace, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (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 | Nevertheless | nevertheless | ADV | _ | 4 last | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 last | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 last | det |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 saw | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 last | acl:relcl |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 left | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | aux:pass |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 saw | ccomp |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 left | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Duke | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 Duke | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Duke | det |
| 16 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 left | obl |
| 17 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 21 departed | mark |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 fellows | nmod:poss |
| 19 | fellows | fellow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 departed | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 departed | aux |
| 21 | departed | depart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 Duke | advcl |
| 22 | from | from | ADP | _ | 24 palace | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 palace | det |
| 24 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 departed | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 saw | punct |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 constrained | nsubj |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 constrained | aux:pass |
| 28 | constrained | constrain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 saw | conj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 relent | mark |
| 30 | relent | relent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 constrained | xcomp |
| 31 | somewhat | somewhat | ADV | _ | 30 relent | advmod |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 purpose | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 purpose | nmod:poss |
| 34 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 relent | obl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 last | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Naymes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | leave | past · passive | Naymes | for the Duke; alone property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for duke=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | depart | past · perfect · passive | Naymes's fellows | the palace | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | constrain | past · passive | Naymes | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Goal | |||||
| 5 | relent | to-infinitive | Naymes's purpose | somewhat property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | purpose | Naymes | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=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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