Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 66
In due time the thirty knights, bearing despatches in their hands, were brought into the presence of the King, and delivered their message to him.
What happens: bring, deliver · To what, where: presence, message, King
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: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 brought | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 knights | det |
| 5 | thirty | thirty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 knights | nummod |
| 6 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 time | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 despatches | punct |
| 8 | bearing | bearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 despatches | compound |
| 9 | despatches | despatch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 knights | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 hands | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hands | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 despatches | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 time | punct |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 brought | aux:pass |
| 15 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 presence | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 presence | det |
| 18 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 brought | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 King | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 King | det |
| 21 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 presence | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 delivered | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 delivered | cc |
| 24 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 brought | conj |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 message | nmod:poss |
| 26 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 delivered | obj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 him | case |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 delivered | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · passive | the presence of the King | time | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: into presence=Destination | ||||
| 2 | deliver | past | others's message | King | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to he=Destination |
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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