Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 4
At Jerusalem, when they had worshipped at the Holy Sepulchre, Huon said to his uncle, "I thank you much for your great kindness in that you have borne me company so far.
Who acts: journeyings, Huon, uncle · What happens: worshipp, say, thank, bear · To what, where: Jerusalem, uncle, Huon · 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 (journeyings, Huon, uncle), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 Jerusalem | case |
| 2 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 worshipped | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Jerusalem | punct |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 worshipped | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 worshipped | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 worshipped | aux |
| 7 | worshipped | worshipp | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 Sepulchre | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Sepulchre | det |
| 10 | Holy | Holy | PROPN | _ | 11 Sepulchre | compound |
| 11 | Sepulchre | Sepulchre | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 worshipped | obl:agent |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
| 13 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 said | nsubj |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Sepulchre | advcl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 uncle | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 17 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 said | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 thank | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 thank | punct |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 thank | nsubj |
| 21 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 worshipped | conj |
| 22 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 thank | obj |
| 23 | much | much | ADV | _ | 21 thank | advmod |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 kindness | case |
| 25 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 26 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 kindness | amod |
| 27 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 thank | obl |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 company | case |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 34 company | mark |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 borne | nsubj |
| 31 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 borne | aux |
| 32 | borne | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 company | amod |
| 33 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 borne | obj |
| 34 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 kindness | nmod |
| 35 | so | so | ADV | _ | 36 far | advmod |
| 36 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 thank | advmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 worshipped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worshipp | past · perfect | journeyings = journeying | Jerusalem | the Holy Sepulchre obl:agent | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Huon | need's uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to uncle=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | Huon | need's uncle = uncle | for your great kindness in borne company; far property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for kindness=Attribute | |||
| 4 | bear in a quote | present · perfect | need's uncle = uncle | Huon | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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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