Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 115
Hear then what I shall say: you shall go to the city of Babylon and enter the palace of Gaudys that is Admiral of the city when he sits at his dinner.
Who acts: you, I, that, King · What happens: hear, say, go, enter, be, sit · To what, where: city, palace, Admiral, dinner · 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 (you, I, that, King), 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 | Hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Hear | advmod |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 say | nsubj |
| 5 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hear | ccomp |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 go | nsubj |
| 9 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 go | aux |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hear | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 city | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 city | det |
| 13 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Babylon | case |
| 15 | Babylon | Babylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 city | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 enter | cc |
| 17 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 go | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 palace | det |
| 19 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 enter | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Gaudys | case |
| 21 | Gaudys | Gaudys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 palace | nmod |
| 22 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 Admiral | nsubj |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 Admiral | cop |
| 24 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 palace | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 city | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 city | det |
| 27 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 Admiral | nmod |
| 28 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 sits | advmod |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 sits | nsubj |
| 30 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 enter | advcl |
| 31 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 dinner | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 dinner | nmod:poss |
| 33 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sits | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | imperative | you not said here | then | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | shall | I | what obj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ||||
| 3 | go | shall | you | the city of Babylon | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to city=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | enter | infinitive | you not said here | the palace of Gaudys | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | that | Admiral | of the city | tree rules | |||
| 6 | sit | present | King | King's dinner | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location |
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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