Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 50
On the morrow Huon would have departed, but the Duke said, "Tarry awhile, fair nephew, till my Barons shall come, for I would have them go with you to your journey's end." "
Who acts: Duke, Barons, Huon, your · What happens: depart, say, come, have, go, journey · To what, where: Huon, morrow, end · 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, Barons, Huon, your), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 morrow | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 morrow | det |
| 3 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 departed | obl |
| 4 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 departed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 departed | aux |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 departed | aux |
| 7 | departed | depart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Duke | det |
| 11 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 departed | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Tarry | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Tarry | punct |
| 15 | Tarry | Tarry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 said | parataxis |
| 16 | awhile | awhile | ADV | _ | 15 Tarry | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 nephew | punct |
| 18 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 nephew | amod |
| 19 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Tarry | appos |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 come | punct |
| 21 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 25 come | mark |
| 22 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 Barons | nmod:poss |
| 23 | Barons | baron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 come | nsubj |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 come | aux |
| 25 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 have | punct |
| 27 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 have | mark |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 have | nsubj |
| 29 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 have | aux |
| 30 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 come | conj |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 have | obj |
| 32 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 have | xcomp |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 you | case |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 go | obl |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 end | case |
| 36 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 journey | nmod:poss |
| 37 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 end | nmod:poss |
| 38 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 37 journey | case |
| 39 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 go | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 come | punct |
| 41 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 come | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 departed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depart | would · perfect · passive | Huon | the morrow | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Duke | Tarry parataxis | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | come in a quote | shall | my Barons | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | have in a quote | would | the Duke = duke | Huon | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go in a quote | infinitive | Huon not said here | to your journey's end | with you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | journey in a quote | your | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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