Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 41
I shall have no peace," said Gerard, "till I have avenged my friend," and he put his spear in rest and would have charged at Duke Richard.
Who acts: I, Gerard, friend · What happens: have, say, avenge, put, charge · To what, where: peace, friend, spear, rest, Duke Richard · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (I, Gerard, friend), 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 | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 peace | det |
| 5 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Gerard | Gerard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 avenged | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 avenged | punct |
| 12 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 15 avenged | mark |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 avenged | nsubj |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 avenged | aux |
| 15 | avenged | avenge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 said | ccomp |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 friend | nmod:poss |
| 17 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 avenged | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 friend | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 friend | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 put | cc |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 put | nsubj |
| 22 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 avenged | conj |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 spear | nmod:poss |
| 24 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 put | obj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 rest | case |
| 26 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 put | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 charged | cc |
| 28 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 charged | aux |
| 29 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 charged | aux |
| 30 | charged | charge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 put | conj |
| 31 | at | at | ADP | _ | 33 Richard | case |
| 32 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Richard | compound |
| 33 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 charged | obl |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | shall | I | no peace | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Gerard | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | avenge | present · perfect | I | my friend | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | put in a quote | past | friend | friend's spear | rest | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spear=Theme in rest=Destination | |||
| 5 | charge in a quote | would · perfect | friend not said here | Duke Richard | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at richard=Trajectory |
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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