Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 65
So the prisoners, being clad in armour, and having swords by their sides, followed Geoffrey to the hall where the Duke and Huon sat at dinner; and when they had entered the hall, Huon said to his uncle, "Are these the Barons who shall conduct me on my journey?" for he was very desirous to depart.
Who acts: Duke, prisoners, Huon, Barons, my · What happens: clad, have, follow, sit, enter, say · To what, where: prisoners, armour, swords, Geoffrey, hall, dinner · 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, prisoners, Huon, Barons), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 clad | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prisoners | det |
| 3 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 clad | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 prisoners | punct |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 clad | aux:pass |
| 6 | clad | clad | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 said | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 armour | case |
| 8 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 clad | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 having | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 having | cc |
| 11 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 clad | parataxis |
| 12 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 having | obj |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 sides | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sides | nmod:poss |
| 15 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 having | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 followed | punct |
| 17 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 having | parataxis |
| 18 | Geoffrey | Geoffrey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 followed | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 hall | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 hall | det |
| 21 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 followed | obl |
| 22 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 27 sat | advmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Duke | det |
| 24 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 sat | nsubj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 Huon | cc |
| 26 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Duke | conj |
| 27 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 hall | acl:relcl |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 dinner | case |
| 29 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 sat | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 entered | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 entered | cc |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 35 entered | advmod |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 entered | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 entered | aux |
| 35 | entered | enter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 clad | advcl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 hall | det |
| 37 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 entered | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 clad | punct |
| 39 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 said | nsubj |
| 40 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 uncle | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 43 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 said | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 Barons | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 these | punct |
| 46 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 these | cop |
| 47 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 49 Barons | det |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Barons | det |
| 49 | Barons | Baron | PROPN | Number=Plur | 52 conduct | nsubj |
| 50 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 conduct | nsubj |
| 51 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 conduct | aux |
| 52 | conduct | conduct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 said | ccomp |
| 53 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 conduct | obj |
| 54 | on | on | ADP | _ | 56 journey | case |
| 55 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 journey | nmod:poss |
| 56 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 conduct | obl |
| 57 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 52 conduct | punct |
| 58 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 52 conduct | punct |
| 59 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 63 desirous | mark |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 desirous | nsubj |
| 61 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 desirous | cop |
| 62 | very | very | ADV | _ | 63 desirous | advmod |
| 63 | desirous | desirous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 conduct | advcl |
| 64 | to | to | PART | _ | 65 depart | mark |
| 65 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 63 desirous | xcomp |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clad | gerund · passive | the prisoners | armour | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | swords | by prisoners's sides | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient | ||||
| 3 | follow | past | Geoffrey | the hall | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent geoffrey=Theme to hall=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | sit | past | the Duke and Huon | dinner | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location | ||||
| 5 | enter | past · perfect | prisoners = prisoner | the hall | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination | ||||
| 6 | say speech: ask | past | Huon | Duke's uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to uncle=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | conduct in a quote | shall | this Barons | Huon | my journey | who nsubj | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme on journey=Destination | ||
| 8 | is | past | Duke | desirous property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | depart | to-infinitive | Duke not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 10 | journey in a quote | my | 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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