Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 73
When the King heard these words he would have fallen on Huon and slain him, only the Duke Naymes and others of his Barons held him back.
Who acts: King, Duke Naymes · What happens: hear, fall, slain, hold back · To what, where: words, Huon, King
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 (King, Duke Naymes), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 held | advcl |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 words | det |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 heard | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fallen | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 fallen | aux |
| 9 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fallen | aux |
| 10 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 words | acl:relcl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 Huon | case |
| 12 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 fallen | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 slain | cc |
| 14 | slain | slain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fallen | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 slain | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 Naymes | punct |
| 17 | only | only | ADV | _ | 20 Naymes | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Naymes | det |
| 19 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Naymes | compound |
| 20 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 held | nsubj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 others | cc |
| 22 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 Naymes | conj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Barons | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 Barons | nmod:poss |
| 25 | Barons | baron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 others | nmod |
| 26 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 held | obj |
| 28 | back | back | ADV | _ | 26 held | advmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 held | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the King | this words | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | fall | would · perfect | King | this words not said here | Huon | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient word=Result | |||
| 3 | slain | infinitive | King not said here | King | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hold back | past | the Duke Naymes and others of King's Barons | King | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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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