Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 29
So they brought him to the King, and he delivered his message, which was from Aubrey, lord of Troyes, and to this effect; that Duke Benes and his two brothers had come up against the town of Troyes with a very great host, and would most certainly take it unless the King should come to his help.
Who acts: things, Ogier, message, Duke Benes, King · What happens: bring, deliver, be, come up, take, come · To what, where: Ogier, King, message, Aubrey, town, help
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 (things, Ogier, message, Duke Benes), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 brought | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brought | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 King | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 delivered | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 delivered | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 delivered | nsubj |
| 11 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brought | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 message | nmod:poss |
| 13 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 delivered | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Aubrey | punct |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 Aubrey | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 Aubrey | cop |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 Aubrey | case |
| 18 | Aubrey | Aubrey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 message | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 lord | punct |
| 20 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 message | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Troyes | case |
| 22 | Troyes | troy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 lord | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 effect | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 effect | cc |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 effect | case |
| 26 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 effect | det |
| 27 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 delivered | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 come | punct |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 Benes | nsubj |
| 30 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Benes | compound |
| 31 | Benes | Benes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 come | nsubj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 brothers | cc |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 34 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 brothers | nummod |
| 35 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 Benes | conj |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 come | aux |
| 37 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 brought | parataxis |
| 38 | up | up | ADV | _ | 37 come | advmod |
| 39 | against | against | ADP | _ | 41 town | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 town | det |
| 41 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 come | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Troyes | case |
| 43 | Troyes | troy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 town | nmod |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 host | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 host | det |
| 46 | very | very | ADV | _ | 47 great | advmod |
| 47 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 host | amod |
| 48 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 Troyes | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 take | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 take | cc |
| 51 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 take | aux |
| 52 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 53 certainly | advmod |
| 53 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 54 take | advmod |
| 54 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 brought | parataxis |
| 55 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 take | obj |
| 56 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 60 come | mark |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 King | det |
| 58 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 come | nsubj |
| 59 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 60 come | aux |
| 60 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 take | advcl |
| 61 | to | to | ADP | _ | 63 help | case |
| 62 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 help | nmod:poss |
| 63 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 come | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | things = thing | Ogier | the King | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination | |||
| 2 | deliver | past | Ogier | Ogier's message | this effect conj | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | past | Ogier's message | Aubrey | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | come up | past · perfect | Duke Benes that and Ogier's two brothers | the town of Troyes with a great host | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against town=Location | ||||
| 5 | take | would | message | certainly property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 6 | come a condition, not said to happen | should | the King | Ogier's help | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to help=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | help | Ogier | 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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