Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 74
Then said Huon to the King, "Believe me, Sire, that I knew not this knight to be your son; verily, had I known it I should not have come to make my complaint to you as I have done this day.
Who acts: Huon, my · What happens: say, believe, not know, be, know, not come · To what, where: King, Huon, knight, son, deed, complaint · 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, my), 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 | 2 said | advmod |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 King | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Believe | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Believe | punct |
| 9 | Believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 Believe | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Sire | punct |
| 12 | Sire | Sire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Believe | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 knew | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 knew | mark |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 knew | nsubj |
| 16 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Believe | parataxis |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 knew | advmod |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 knight | det |
| 19 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 knew | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 son | mark |
| 21 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 23 son | cop |
| 22 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 son | nmod:poss |
| 23 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 knew | ccomp |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 known | punct |
| 25 | verily | verily | ADV | _ | 29 known | advmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 verily | punct |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 known | aux |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 known | nsubj |
| 29 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 said | conj |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 known | obj |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 come | nsubj |
| 32 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 come | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 come | advmod |
| 34 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 come | aux |
| 35 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 known | parataxis |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 make | mark |
| 37 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 come | advcl |
| 38 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 complaint | nmod:poss |
| 39 | complaint | complaint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 make | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 you | case |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 37 make | obl |
| 42 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 45 done | mark |
| 43 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 done | nsubj |
| 44 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 done | aux |
| 45 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 make | advcl |
| 46 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 47 day | det |
| 47 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 done | obl:unmarked |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Huon | the King | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | believe in a quote | infinitive | Huon | Sire obl | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not know in a quote | past | Huon | this knight | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | your son | your nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | know in a quote | past · perfect | Huon | deed | verily property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | not come in a quote | should · perfect | Huon | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | make in a quote | to-infinitive | Huon not said here | my complaint | the King = king | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset complaint=Product | |||
| 8 | do in a quote | present · perfect | Huon | day | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | complain in a quote | my | nom complaint «state intransitive»: poss=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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