Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 40
On the other side, Duke Richard of Normandy did many valiant deeds, slaying, among others, a certain knight that was Gerard's nearest friend. "
Who acts: Duke Richard, certain knight · What happens: do, slay, be · To what, where: many valiant deeds, other side, certain knight, nearest friend
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 (Duke Richard, certain knight), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 side | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 side | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 side | amod |
| 4 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 did | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 side | punct |
| 6 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Richard | compound |
| 7 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 did | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Normandy | case |
| 9 | Normandy | Normandy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Richard | nmod |
| 10 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 deeds | amod |
| 12 | valiant | valiant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 deeds | amod |
| 13 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 did | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 slaying | punct |
| 15 | slaying | slay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 did | advcl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 others | punct |
| 17 | among | among | ADP | _ | 18 others | case |
| 18 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 slaying | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 knight | punct |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 knight | det |
| 21 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 knight | amod |
| 22 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 slaying | obl |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 friend | nsubj |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 friend | cop |
| 25 | Gerard | Gerard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 friend | nmod:poss |
| 26 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 25 Gerard | case |
| 27 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 28 friend | amod |
| 28 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 knight | acl:relcl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 friend | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 28 friend | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Duke Richard of Normandy | many valiant deeds | the other side | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | slay | gerund | Duke Richard of Normandy not said here | a certain knight | among others | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | is a | past | a certain knight | Gerard's nearest friend | Gerard nmod:poss | tree rules |
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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