Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 29
Then Huon said to his brother, "Go now and see what this knight demands; if he ask for toll, being master of the way, we will pay it."
Who acts: Huon, knight, we · What happens: say, go, see, demand, ask, be · To what, where: brother, master, way · 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 (Huon, knight, we), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 said | advmod |
| 2 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 brother | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Go | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Go | punct |
| 9 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 Go | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 see | cc |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 Go | conj |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 demands | obj |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 knight | det |
| 15 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 demands | nsubj |
| 16 | demands | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 see | ccomp |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 pay | punct |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 20 ask | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 ask | nsubj |
| 20 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 pay | advcl |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 toll | case |
| 22 | toll | toll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ask | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 master | punct |
| 24 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 master | cop |
| 25 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ask | conj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 way | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 way | det |
| 28 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 master | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ask | punct |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 pay | nsubj |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 pay | aux |
| 32 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 pay | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 pay | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 pay | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Huon | two's brother | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to brother=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | go in a quote | infinitive | now | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see in a quote | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 4 | demand speech: request in a quote | present | this knight | what obj | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Precondition | ||||
| 5 | ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | knight | for toll | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | gerund | knight not said here | master | of the way | tree rules | |||
| 7 | pay in a quote | future | we | way | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
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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