Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How the Duke Benes Came By His End, sentence 83
To him came one Guenes, who was his nephew, saying, "Sire, Duke Benes is on his way hither with a company of knights.
Who acts: one Guenes, Sire · What happens: come, be, say · To what, where: one Guenes, King, nephew, way · 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 (one Guenes, Sire), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 him | case |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | obl |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 Guenes | nummod |
| 5 | Guenes | Guenes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nephew | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 nephew | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 nephew | cop |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 10 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Guenes | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saying | punct |
| 12 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 came | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Sire | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Sire | punct |
| 15 | Sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 way | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Duke | punct |
| 17 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Sire | appos |
| 18 | Benes | Benes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Duke | flat |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 way | cop |
| 20 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 way | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 way | nmod:poss |
| 22 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saying | ccomp |
| 23 | hither | hither | ADV | _ | 22 way | advmod |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 26 company | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 company | det |
| 26 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saying | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 knights | case |
| 28 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 company | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | one Guenes | King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | one Guenes | King's nephew | King nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | with a company of knights | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with company=Manner | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | Sire | King's way | King nmod:poss; hither property | tree rules |
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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