Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Met With King Oberon, sentence 43
I know who you are, and why you are come hither"--and he told him all that had befallen him, the slaying of Charlot and the anger of the King--"and be sure that you cannot accomplish the thing for which you are come, save by my help." "
Who acts: I, you, Oberon, that, King, my · What happens: know, be, come, tell, befall, not accomplish · To what, where: God, Oberon, thing, you, Charlot · 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 (I, you, Oberon, that), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 know | nsubj |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 know | ccomp |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 who | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 who | cop |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 come | cc |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 come | advmod |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 come | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 come | aux |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 know | parataxis |
| 12 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 11 come | advmod |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| 14 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 17 told | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 told | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 told | nsubj |
| 17 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 know | parataxis |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 told | iobj |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 befallen | det:predet |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 befallen | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 befallen | aux |
| 22 | befallen | befall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 told | ccomp |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 befallen | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 slaying | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 slaying | det |
| 26 | slaying | slaying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 told | parataxis |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Charlot | case |
| 28 | Charlot | Charlot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 slaying | nmod |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 anger | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 anger | det |
| 31 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 slaying | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 King | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 King | det |
| 34 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 anger | nmod |
| 35 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 34 King | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 King | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 sure | cc |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 39 sure | cop |
| 39 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 King | conj |
| 40 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 accomplish | mark |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 44 accomplish | nsubj |
| 42 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 accomplish | aux |
| 43 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 44 accomplish | advmod |
| 44 | accomplish | accomplish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 sure | ccomp |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 thing | det |
| 46 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 accomplish | obj |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 which | case |
| 48 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 come | obl |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 come | nsubj |
| 50 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 come | aux:pass |
| 51 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 thing | acl:relcl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 save | punct |
| 53 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 accomplish | conj |
| 54 | by | by | ADP | _ | 56 help | case |
| 55 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 help | nmod:poss |
| 56 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 save | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 31 anger | punct |
| 58 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 anger | punct |
| 59 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 slaying | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | come | present | you | hither property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | Oberon | God | the slaying of Charlot and the anger of the King parataxis | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 5 | befall in a quote | past · perfect | that | Oberon | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | infinitive | Oberon not said here | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | not accomplish | can | you | the thing | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | come | present · passive | you | for the thing | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 9 | save | infinitive | you not said here | by my help | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | slay in a quote | Charlot | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 11 | anger in a quote | the King | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 12 | help | my | nom help «act 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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