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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 behalf | case |
| 5 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 behalf | nmod:poss |
| 6 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 beg | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Charles | case |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Charles | nmod:desc |
| 9 | Charles | Charles | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 behalf | nmod |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 beg | obj |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 beg | nsubj |
| 12 | beg | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | ccomp |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 beg | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 have | mark |
| 15 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 beg | xcomp |
| 16 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 have | obj |
| 17 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 us | case |
| 18 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 have | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 make | punct |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 make | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Benes | det |
| 22 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Benes | compound |
| 23 | Benes | Bene | PROPN | Number=Plur | 25 make | nsubj |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 make | aux |
| 25 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 have | conj |
| 26 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 amends | amod |
| 27 | amends | amend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 make | obj |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 slaying | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 slaying | det |
| 30 | slaying | slaying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 make | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Prince | case |
| 32 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 slaying | nmod |
| 33 | Lothair | Lothair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 Prince | flat |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 37 agreed | mark |
| 35 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 agreed | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 agreed | aux:pass |
| 37 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 make | advcl |
| 38 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 lords | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 lords | det |
| 40 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 agreed | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 countries | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 countries | det |
| 43 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 44 countries | nummod |
| 44 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 lords | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 liegemen | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 liegemen | cc |
| 47 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 48 hereafter | det |
| 48 | hereafter | hereafter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 liegemen | nsubj |
| 49 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 liegemen | nsubj |
| 50 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 54 liegemen | aux |
| 51 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 liegemen | cop |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 liegemen | nmod:poss |
| 53 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 liegemen | amod |
| 54 | liegemen | liegeman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
| 56 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | knights = knight | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | knights = knight not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | beg speech: request | present | we | that | Charles | our behalf to Charles King | tree rules | ||
| 4 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | that not said here | mercy | upon us | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Patient | |||
| 5 | make | shall | the Duke Benes | such amends | for the slaying of Prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for slaying=Asset | |||
| 6 | agree speech: agree | may · passive | the lords of the two countries | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | is a | future | that hereafter | lord's true liegemen | we nsubj; lord nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 8 | slay | Prince | nom 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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