Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 69
So the Duke went, but when he came to the great gate of the palace there was the body of Prince Charlot lying on a shield and borne by four knights.
Who acts: Duke, body · What happens: go, come, lie, bear · To what, where: great gate, shield
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 (Duke, body), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Duke | det |
| 3 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 came | cc |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 came | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 gate | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 gate | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 gate | amod |
| 13 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 palace | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 palace | det |
| 16 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gate | nmod |
| 17 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 was | expl |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 palace | acl:relcl |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 body | det |
| 20 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 was | nsubj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Prince | case |
| 22 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 body | nmod |
| 23 | Charlot | Charlot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Prince | flat |
| 24 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 20 body | acl |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 shield | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 shield | det |
| 27 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 lying | obl |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 borne | cc |
| 29 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 shield | conj |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 knights | case |
| 31 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 knights | nummod |
| 32 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 borne | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the Duke | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come | past | Duke | the great gate of the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | lie | gerund | the body of Prince not said here | a shield | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shield=Location | ||||
| 4 | bear | participle | the body of Prince not said here | by four knights | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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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