Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 26
As he went there came one that had been at the supper, who said, "There is a young man that has a most wonderful cup.
Who acts: Duke, that, one supper, young man · What happens: go, come, be, say, have · To what, where: one supper, wonderful cup · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Duke, that, one supper, young man), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 went | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 came | advcl |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 supper | nummod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 supper | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 supper | aux |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 supper | cop |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 supper | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 supper | det |
| 12 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 said | punct |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 supper | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 is | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 is | punct |
| 18 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 19 is | expl |
| 19 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 said | ccomp |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 man | det |
| 21 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 man | amod |
| 22 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 is | nsubj |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 has | nsubj |
| 24 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 man | acl:relcl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 cup | det |
| 26 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 27 wonderful | advmod |
| 27 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 cup | amod |
| 28 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 has | obj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Duke | there | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | past | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | that | the one supper | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | the one supper | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | be in a quote | present | a young man | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | have in a quote | present | a young man | a wonderful cup | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=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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