Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 46
Then he wrapped his scarlet cloak about his arm and drew his sword, for other arms or armour he had none, and rode against the Prince.
Who acts: father · What happens: wrap, draw, have, ride · To what, where: scarlet cloak, sword, none
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 (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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 wrapped | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wrapped | nsubj |
| 3 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 5 | scarlet | scarlet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cloak | amod |
| 6 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrapped | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 arm | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 arm | nmod:poss |
| 9 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrapped | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 drew | cc |
| 11 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrapped | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sword | nmod:poss |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 drew | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 arms | punct |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 arms | case |
| 16 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 arms | amod |
| 17 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 drew | obl |
| 18 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 19 armour | cc |
| 19 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 arms | conj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 had | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 armour | acl:relcl |
| 22 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 21 had | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 rode | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 rode | cc |
| 25 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrapped | conj |
| 26 | against | against | ADP | _ | 28 Prince | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Prince | det |
| 28 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 rode | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrapped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | past | father | father's scarlet cloak | then | about father's arm | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme about arm=Destination | ||
| 2 | draw | past | father not said here | father's sword | for other arms or armour | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sword=Result for arm=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | have | past | father | none | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Patient | ||||
| 4 | ride | past | father not said here | against the Prince | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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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