Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 17
And when they had delivered their message, the Duchess said, "I thank the King; my sons will certainly come to do him homage when I shall have made them ready for their journey."
Who acts: Duchess, sons, messengers · What happens: deliver, say, thank, come, do, make · To what, where: messengers, King, Duchess · 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 (Duchess, sons, messengers), 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 | _ | 5 delivered | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 delivered | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 delivered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 delivered | aux |
| 5 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 message | nmod:poss |
| 7 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 delivered | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Duchess | det |
| 10 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 message | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 thank | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 thank | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 thank | nsubj |
| 15 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | ccomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 King | det |
| 17 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 thank | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 come | punct |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 sons | nmod:poss |
| 20 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 come | nsubj |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 come | aux |
| 22 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 23 come | advmod |
| 23 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 delivered | conj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 do | mark |
| 25 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 come | xcomp |
| 26 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 do | obj |
| 27 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 do | obj |
| 28 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 32 made | mark |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 made | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 made | aux |
| 31 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 made | aux |
| 32 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 do | advcl |
| 33 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 made | obj |
| 34 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 made | xcomp |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 journey | case |
| 36 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 journey | nmod:poss |
| 37 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 ready | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 delivered | punct |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 delivered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | past · perfect · passive | messengers = messenger | messengers's message obj | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary message=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Duchess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | the Duchess = duchess | the King | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | ||||
| 4 | come in a quote | future | my sons | certainly property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | my sons not said here | King | homage obj | tree rules | |||
| 6 | make in a quote | shall · perfect · passive | the Duchess = duchess | messengers = messenger obj; ready property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Product | ||||
| 7 | journey in a quote | messengers = messenger | nom journey «act transitive»: 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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