Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 82
When he heard that he was the Provost, he said to him, "Now if you would serve me, give me the horn which I left in your keeping." "
Who acts: Provost, Duke, horn · What happens: hear, be, say, serve, give, leave · To what, where: Provost, Duke, horn · 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, horn), 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 | 3 heard | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 heard | nsubj |
| 3 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | advcl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 Provost | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 Provost | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Provost | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Provost | det |
| 8 | Provost | provost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heard | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 heard | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 serve | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 serve | punct |
| 16 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 serve | advmod |
| 17 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 20 serve | mark |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 serve | nsubj |
| 19 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 serve | aux |
| 20 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 21 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 serve | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 give | punct |
| 23 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 serve | conj |
| 24 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 give | iobj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 horn | det |
| 26 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 give | obj |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 left | nsubj |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 left | nsubj |
| 29 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 horn | acl:relcl |
| 30 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 32 keeping | mark |
| 31 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 keeping | nsubj |
| 32 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 left | advcl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 serve | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 serve | punct |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Provost | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Provost | the Provost | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Provost | Duke | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | serve a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | would | Duke | Provost | now | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | |||
| 5 | give in a quote | infinitive | Duke not said here | the horn | Provost | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient horn=Theme | |||
| 6 | leave in a quote | past | the horn | I nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | keep in a quote | gerund | Duke | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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