Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 81

So the Provost, coming to the castle gate, said that he greatly desired to see Huon, who coming, desired to know who he was.

Who acts: Provost, Huon · What happens: come, say, desire, see, know, be · To what, where: castle gate, 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, 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	So	so	ADV	_	11 said	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Provost	det
3	Provost	Provost	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 coming	punct
5	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 Provost	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 gate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gate	compound
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coming	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Provost	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 desired	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 desired	nsubj
14	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	15 desired	advmod
15	desired	desire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 see	mark
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 desired	xcomp
18	Huon	Huon	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 see	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 coming	punct
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 coming	nsubj
21	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 Huon	acl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 desired	punct
23	desired	desire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 Huon	acl:relcl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 know	mark
25	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 desired	xcomp
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	25 know	ccomp
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 who	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 who	cop
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	the Provost not said here		the castle gate		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial_Location
2	say speech: assert	past	the Provost				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	desire	past	Provost			greatly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	Provost not said here	Huon			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huon=Stimulus
5	come	gerund	Huon				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	desire	participle		Huon not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	know not said to happen	to-infinitive					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	is a	past	Provost				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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 81