Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 66
The Duke, thinking that Geoffrey had fulfilled his commandment, said, "Not so, my nephew; these are soldiers whom I have sent for that they may slay you."
Who acts: Duke, Geoffrey, Barons · What happens: think, fulfil, say, be, send, slay · To what, where: commandment, soldiers, you · 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, Geoffrey, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Duke | det |
| 2 | Duke | Duke | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 said | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinking | punct |
| 4 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 Duke | acl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 fulfilled | mark |
| 6 | Geoffrey | Geoffrey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 fulfilled | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fulfilled | aux |
| 8 | fulfilled | fulfil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 thinking | ccomp |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 commandment | nmod:poss |
| 10 | commandment | commandment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fulfilled | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Duke | punct |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 nephew | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 so | punct |
| 15 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 so | advmod |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 nephew | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 nephew | punct |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 19 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | ccomp |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 soldiers | punct |
| 21 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 23 soldiers | det |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 soldiers | cop |
| 23 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 said | parataxis |
| 24 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 sent | obj |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 sent | nsubj |
| 26 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 sent | aux |
| 27 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 soldiers | acl:relcl |
| 28 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 32 slay | mark |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 slay | mark |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 slay | nsubj |
| 31 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 slay | aux |
| 32 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 sent | advcl |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 slay | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 soldiers | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 soldiers | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | gerund | the Duke not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fulfil | past · perfect | Geoffrey | Duke's commandment | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Duke | my nephew ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | this soldiers | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | send in a quote | present · perfect | the Duke = duke | this soldiers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | ||||
| 6 | slay in a quote | may | Barons = baron | you | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 7 | command | Duke | nom commandment «communication 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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