Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 65
And Gerard gave them this counsel that before they sought audience of the King they should seek out the Duke Naymes, and beseech him to plead their cause with the King, "for the Duke," said he, "is a lover of peace."
Who acts: Gerard, others, King · What happens: give, seek, seek out, beseech, plead, say · To what, where: counsel, others, Duke Naymes, King, cause, lover · 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 (Gerard, others, King), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 gave | cc |
| 2 | Gerard | Gerard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 said | ccomp |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 counsel | det |
| 6 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 sought | obj |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 sought | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sought | nsubj |
| 10 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 counsel | acl:relcl |
| 11 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sought | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 King | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 King | det |
| 14 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 audience | nmod |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 seek | nsubj |
| 16 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 seek | aux |
| 17 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sought | conj |
| 18 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 seek | compound:prt |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Naymes | det |
| 20 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Naymes | compound |
| 21 | Naymes | Naymes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 seek | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 beseech | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 beseech | cc |
| 24 | beseech | beseech | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 gave | conj |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 beseech | obj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 plead | mark |
| 27 | plead | plead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 beseech | xcomp |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 cause | nmod:poss |
| 29 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 plead | obj |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 King | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 King | det |
| 32 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 cause | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 Duke | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Duke | det |
| 37 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| 40 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 lover | nsubj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 he | punct |
| 43 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 41 he | punct |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 lover | cop |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 lover | det |
| 46 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 said | ccomp |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 peace | case |
| 48 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 lover | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 lover | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 46 lover | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Gerard | this counsel | others = other | for the Duke | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient counsel=Theme for duke=Asset | ||
| 2 | seek | past | others = other | this counsel | audience of the King obj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | seek out | should | others = other | the Duke Naymes | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent naymes=Theme | ||||
| 4 | beseech | infinitive | Gerard not said here | King | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | plead speech: request | to-infinitive | Gerard not said here | others's cause | with the King | tree rules | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 7 | is a in a quote | present | King | a lover | of peace | tree rules | |||
| 8 | cause | others = other | with the King | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |
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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