Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 30
When the Provost saw the Duke coming, he said to Huon, "Here comes the Duke; I know not how you will fare." "
Who acts: Provost, Duke, Huon · What happens: see, come, say, not know, fare · To what, where: Duke, Huon · 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 (Provost, Duke, Huon), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Provost | det |
| 3 | Provost | Provost | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Duke | det |
| 6 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 Duke | acl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Huon | case |
| 12 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 comes | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Here | punct |
| 15 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 comes | advmod |
| 16 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | parataxis |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Duke | det |
| 18 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 comes | nsubj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 know | punct |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 know | nsubj |
| 21 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | ccomp |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 know | advmod |
| 23 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 fare | advmod |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 26 fare | nsubj |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 fare | aux |
| 26 | fare | fare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 know | ccomp |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 fare | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 fare | punct |
| 29 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 know | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Provost | the Duke | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duke=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come | gerund | the Duke not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Duke | Huon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to huon=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | come in a quote | present | the Duke | here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not know in a quote | present | Duke | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | fare in a quote | future | Huon | 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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