Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 27
To his men he said, "Let the Prince go alone; he needs not your help."
Who acts: two, Prince, your · What happens: say, let, go, not need, help · To what, where: men, Prince, help · 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 (two, Prince, your), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 men | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 men | nmod:poss |
| 3 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 said | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Let | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Let | punct |
| 8 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Prince | det |
| 10 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Let | obj |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Let | xcomp |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 11 go | advmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 needs | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 needs | nsubj |
| 15 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 needs | advmod |
| 17 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 help | nmod:poss |
| 18 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 needs | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 needs | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 needs | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | two | two's men | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | the Prince | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | infinitive | the Prince not said here | alone property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not need in a quote | present | two | your help | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | ||||
| 5 | help in a quote | your | nom help «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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