Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 76
Then said the Duke Naymes to the King, "Let now Amaury stand forth and tell us why he lay in ambush in the wood with your son, and what purpose he had in his mind."
Who acts: Duke Naymes, Amaury, Naymes, purpose · What happens: say, let, stand, tell, lie, have · To what, where: King, us, ambush, mind · 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 (Duke Naymes, Amaury, Naymes, purpose), 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Naymes | det |
| 4 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Naymes | compound |
| 5 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 King | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 said | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Let | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Let | punct |
| 11 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 said | ccomp |
| 12 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 stand | advmod |
| 13 | Amaury | Amaury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 stand | nsubj |
| 14 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 Let | advcl |
| 15 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 14 stand | advmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 tell | cc |
| 17 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 stand | conj |
| 18 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 tell | iobj |
| 19 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 lay | advmod |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 lay | nsubj |
| 21 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 tell | advcl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 ambush | case |
| 23 | ambush | ambush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 lay | obl |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 wood | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 wood | det |
| 26 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 lay | obl |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 son | case |
| 28 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 son | nmod:poss |
| 29 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 lay | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 what | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 what | cc |
| 32 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 said | ccomp |
| 33 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 had | nsubj |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 had | nsubj |
| 35 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 what | acl:relcl |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 mind | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 mind | nmod:poss |
| 38 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 had | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 32 what | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 what | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Duke Naymes | the King | then | what ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | ||
| 2 | let in a quote | infinitive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | stand in a quote | present | Amaury | now | forth property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 4 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | Amaury not said here | us | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | lie in a quote | past | Naymes | ambush | in the wood; with your son | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ambush=Location | |||
| 6 | have in a quote | past | purpose | Naymes's mind | Naymes nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | mind in a quote | Naymes | nom mind «cognition transitive»: 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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