Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 14
In the meanwhile the King was greatly troubled, not only by the death of his son, but also by the departure of Duke Aymon and his sons. "
Who acts: King, son, Duke Aymon · What happens: be, die, depart · To what, where: meanwhile
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How the Duke Benes Came By His End. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, son, Duke Aymon), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 meanwhile | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meanwhile | det |
| 3 | meanwhile | meanwhile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 troubled | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 troubled | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 troubled | cop |
| 7 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 8 troubled | advmod |
| 8 | troubled | troubled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 death | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 death | advmod |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 death | advmod |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 death | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 death | det |
| 14 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 troubled | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 son | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 son | nmod:poss |
| 17 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 death | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 departure | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 departure | cc |
| 20 | also | also | ADV | _ | 23 departure | advmod |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 departure | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 departure | det |
| 23 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 troubled | conj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Aymon | case |
| 25 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Aymon | compound |
| 26 | Aymon | Aymon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 departure | nmod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 sons | cc |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 sons | nmod:poss |
| 29 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 Aymon | conj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 troubled | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 troubled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the King | the meanwhile | by the death of King's son; the departure of Duke Aymon and King's sons conj; greatly, troubled property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | die | King's son | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 3 | depart | Duke Aymon and King's sons | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=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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