Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 2
Let it suffice to say that he went to Rome and there received the blessing of the Pope; and that he took ship at Brandys,[1] and, traversing the Inland Sea, so came to Holy Land, and, having landed at Jaffa, he came on the second day to Jerusalem.
Who acts: you, Huon, need · What happens: let, suffice, say, go, receive, take · To what, where: Huon, Rome, blessing, ship, Brandys, Inland Sea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon Met With King Oberon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Huon, need), 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 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | suffice | suffice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 suffice | xcomp |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 went | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 went | nsubj |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Rome | case |
| 10 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 received | cc |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 received | advmod |
| 13 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 went | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 blessing | det |
| 15 | blessing | blessing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 received | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Pope | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Pope | det |
| 18 | Pope | Pope | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 blessing | nmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 took | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 took | cc |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 took | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 took | nsubj |
| 23 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 24 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 took | obj |
| 25 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 Brandys | case |
| 26 | Brandys | Brandys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 took | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 1 | punct |
| 28 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 29 1 | punct |
| 29 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 took | obj |
| 30 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 29 1 | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 traversing | cc |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 traversing | punct |
| 33 | traversing | traverse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 1 | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Sea | det |
| 35 | Inland | Inland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Sea | compound |
| 36 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 traversing | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 came | punct |
| 38 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 came | advmod |
| 39 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 took | conj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 Land | case |
| 41 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 42 Land | compound |
| 42 | Land | Land | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 came | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 landed | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 landed | cc |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 and | punct |
| 46 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 landed | aux |
| 47 | landed | land | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 came | conj |
| 48 | at | at | ADP | _ | 49 Jaffa | case |
| 49 | Jaffa | Jaffa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 landed | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 came | punct |
| 51 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 came | nsubj |
| 52 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 took | conj |
| 53 | on | on | ADP | _ | 56 day | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 day | det |
| 55 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 56 day | amod |
| 56 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 came | obl |
| 57 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 Jerusalem | case |
| 58 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 day | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | Huon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | suffice | infinitive | Huon not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | Huon not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | go | past | need | Rome | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to rome=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | receive | past | need not said here | the blessing of the Pope | there | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme | |||
| 6 | take | past | need | ship | Brandys | 1 obj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument ship=Theme 1=Destination | ||
| 7 | traverse | gerund | need not said here | the Inland Sea | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Co-Theme | ||||
| 8 | come | past | need not said here | Holy Land | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial_Location | ||||
| 9 | land | gerund · perfect | need not said here | Jaffa | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | come | past | need | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 11 | bless | the Pope | nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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