Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 44
Charlot answered, "I am son of Duke Thierry," for he would not be known; also he had disguised his shield, "and this I have done because your father took from me three castles, and I could never have justice of him."
Who acts: Charlot, Prince, father · What happens: answer, be, not know, disguise, do, take · To what, where: son, Prince, shield, this, three castles, justice · 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 (Charlot, Prince, father), 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 | Charlot | Charlot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 answered | nsubj |
| 2 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 son | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 son | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 son | nsubj |
| 6 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 son | cop |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 answered | ccomp |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Duke | case |
| 9 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod |
| 10 | Thierry | Thierry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Duke | flat |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 known | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 known | punct |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 18 known | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 known | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 known | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 known | advmod |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 known | aux:pass |
| 18 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 answered | conj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 disguised | punct |
| 20 | also | also | ADV | _ | 23 disguised | advmod |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 disguised | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 disguised | aux |
| 23 | disguised | disguise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 answered | parataxis |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 shield | nmod:poss |
| 25 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 disguised | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 disguised | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 disguised | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 done | cc |
| 29 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 done | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 done | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 done | aux |
| 32 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 disguised | conj |
| 33 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 36 took | mark |
| 34 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 father | nmod:poss |
| 35 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 took | nsubj |
| 36 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 done | advcl |
| 37 | from | from | ADP | _ | 38 me | case |
| 38 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 took | obl |
| 39 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 40 castles | nummod |
| 40 | castles | castle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 took | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 have | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 have | cc |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 have | nsubj |
| 44 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 have | aux |
| 45 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 46 have | advmod |
| 46 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 answered | parataxis |
| 47 | justice | justice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 have | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 him | case |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 justice | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 have | punct |
| 51 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | past | Charlot | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Charlot | son | of Duke | tree rules | |||
| 3 | not know | would · passive | Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | disguise | past · perfect | Prince | Prince's shield | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent shield=Destination | ||||
| 5 | do in a quote | present · perfect · passive | this | I nsubj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | take in a quote | past | your father | three castles | from Charlot | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent castle=Theme from i=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | not have in a quote | could | Charlot | justice of Prince | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Patient |
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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