Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How King Charles Sent Huon on an Errand, sentence 89
Then, after proclamation made that no one should presume under pain of death to make any sign to either of the combatants, the King stood up and said, "My pleasure is that if no confession be made of the truth, then the vanquisher shall forfeit all his land and be banished from this realm."
Who acts: one, King, pleasure, My · What happens: make, presume, stand up, say, be, banish · To what, where: pain, sign, confession, realm, death · 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 (one, King, pleasure, 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 | 5 made | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Then | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 proclamation | case |
| 4 | proclamation | proclamation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 presume | mark |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 presume | nsubj |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 presume | aux |
| 10 | presume | presume | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 made | xcomp |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 pain | case |
| 12 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 presume | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 death | case |
| 14 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pain | nmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 make | mark |
| 16 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 presume | advcl |
| 17 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 sign | det |
| 18 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 make | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 either | case |
| 20 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 make | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 combatants | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 combatants | det |
| 23 | combatants | combatant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 either | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 stood | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 King | det |
| 26 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 stood | nsubj |
| 27 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | conj |
| 28 | up | up | ADP | _ | 27 stood | compound:prt |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 said | cc |
| 30 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 stood | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 forfeit | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 forfeit | punct |
| 33 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 pleasure | nmod:poss |
| 34 | pleasure | pleasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 forfeit | nsubj |
| 35 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 forfeit | cop |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 50 forfeit | mark |
| 37 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 41 made | mark |
| 38 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 39 confession | det |
| 39 | confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 made | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 41 made | aux:pass |
| 41 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 forfeit | advcl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 truth | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 truth | det |
| 44 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 made | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 forfeit | punct |
| 46 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 50 forfeit | advmod |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 vanquisher | det |
| 48 | vanquisher | vanquisher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 forfeit | nsubj |
| 49 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 forfeit | aux |
| 50 | forfeit | forfeit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 said | ccomp |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 land | det:predet |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 land | nmod:poss |
| 53 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 forfeit | obj |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 banished | cc |
| 55 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 56 banished | aux:pass |
| 56 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 50 forfeit | conj |
| 57 | from | from | ADP | _ | 59 realm | case |
| 58 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 59 realm | det |
| 59 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 banished | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 61 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | after proclamation; then | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | presume | should | no one | pain of death | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | no one not said here | any sign | to either of the combatants | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | |||
| 4 | stand up | past | the King | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the King not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | make a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive · passive | no confession | of the truth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 7 | is in a quote | shall · present | My pleasure | then | the vanquisher nsubj; King's land obj; forfeit property | tree rules | |||
| 8 | banish in a quote | infinitive · passive | My pleasure not said here | this realm | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: from realm=Source | ||||
| 9 | pain | death | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | please in a quote | My | nom pleasure «feeling 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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