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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 61

Let them say on our behalf to King Charles that we beg him to have mercy upon us, that the Duke Benes shall make such amends for the slaying of Prince Lothair as may be agreed by the lords of the two countries, and that hereafter we will be his true liegemen."

Who acts: you, knights, we, that, Duke Benes, lords · What happens: let, say, beg, have, make, agree · To what, where: knights, that, Charles, behalf, mercy, such amends · 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 (you, knights, we, 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

objxcompcasenmod:possoblcasenmod:descnmodobjnsubjccompobjmarkxcompobjcaseoblpunctmarkdetcompoundnsubjauxconjamodobjcasedetoblcasenmodflatmarkauxaux:passadvclcasedetoblcasedetnummodnmodpunctccdetnsubjnsubjauxcopnmod:possamodparataxispunctpunctrootLetVERBthemPRONsayVERBonADPourPRONbehalfNOUNtoADPKingPROPNCharlesPROPNthatPRONwePRONbegVERBhimPRONtoPARThaveVERBmercyNOUNuponADPusPRON,PUNCTthatSCONJtheDETDukePROPNBenesPROPNshallAUXmakeVERBsuchADJamendsNOUNforADPtheDETslayingNOUNofADPPrincePROPNLothairPROPNasSCONJmayAUXbeAUXagreedVERBbyADPtheDETlordsNOUNofADPtheDETtwoNUMcountriesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthatDEThereafterNOUNwePRONwillAUXbeAUXhisPRONtrueADJliegemenNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LetletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Letobj
3saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Letxcomp
4ononADP_6 behalfcase
5ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 behalfnmod:poss
6behalfbehalfNOUNNumber=Sing12 begobl
7totoADP_9 Charlescase
8KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing9 Charlesnmod:desc
9CharlesCharlesPROPNNumber=Sing6 behalfnmod
10thatthatPRONPronType=Rel12 begobj
11wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs12 begnsubj
12begbegVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 sayccomp
13himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 begobj
14totoPART_15 havemark
15havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf12 begxcomp
16mercymercyNOUNNumber=Sing15 haveobj
17uponuponADP_18 uscase
18uswePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs15 haveobl
19,,PUNCT_25 makepunct
20thatthatSCONJ_25 makemark
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 Benesdet
22DukeDukePROPNNumber=Sing23 Benescompound
23BenesBenePROPNNumber=Plur25 makensubj
24shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin25 makeaux
25makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf15 haveconj
26suchsuchADJDegree=Pos27 amendsamod
27amendsamendNOUNNumber=Plur25 makeobj
28forforADP_30 slayingcase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 slayingdet
30slayingslayingNOUNNumber=Sing25 makeobl
31ofofADP_32 Princecase
32PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing30 slayingnmod
33LothairLothairPROPNNumber=Sing32 Princeflat
34asasSCONJ_37 agreedmark
35maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin37 agreedaux
36bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf37 agreedaux:pass
37agreedagreeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass25 makeadvcl
38bybyADP_40 lordscase
39thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art40 lordsdet
40lordslordNOUNNumber=Plur37 agreedobl
41ofofADP_44 countriescase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 countriesdet
43twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card44 countriesnummod
44countriescountryNOUNNumber=Plur40 lordsnmod
45,,PUNCT_54 liegemenpunct
46andandCCONJ_54 liegemencc
47thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem48 hereafterdet
48hereafterhereafterNOUNNumber=Sing54 liegemennsubj
49wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs54 liegemennsubj
50willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin54 liegemenaux
51bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf54 liegemencop
52hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs54 liegemennmod:poss
53truetrueADJDegree=Pos54 liegemenamod
54liegemenliegemanNOUNNumber=Plur1 Letparataxis
55..PUNCT_1 Letpunct
56""PUNCT_1 Letpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1letimperativeyou not said hereknights = knighttree rules
2say speech: assertinfinitiveknights = knight not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3beg speech: requestpresentwethatCharlesour behalf to Charles Kingtree rules
4have not said to happento-infinitivethat not said heremercyupon usvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Patient
5makeshallthe Duke Benessuch amendsfor the slaying of Princevn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for slaying=Asset
6agree speech: agreemay · passivethe lords of the two countriesvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7is afuturethat hereafterlord's true liegemenwe nsubj; lord nmod:posstree rules
8slayPrincenom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient

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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