Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the End of the False Duke Macaire, sentence 84
Gerames, though he had counselled the blowing of the horn, when he saw Huon now ready to do so, repented, for he mistrusted King Oberon, and would gladly have done without his help.
Who acts: Provost, Gerames, Huon · What happens: counsell, see, do, repent, mistrust, blow · To what, where: blowing, Huon, King Oberon, horn
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, Gerames, 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 | Gerames | gerame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 counselled | punct |
| 3 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 6 counselled | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 counselled | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 counselled | aux |
| 6 | counselled | counsell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Gerames | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 blowing | det |
| 8 | blowing | blowing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 counselled | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 horn | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 horn | det |
| 11 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blowing | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 saw | punct |
| 13 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 saw | advmod |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 saw | nsubj |
| 15 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | Huon | Huon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 saw | obj |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 ready | advmod |
| 18 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 saw | xcomp |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 do | mark |
| 20 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 ready | xcomp |
| 21 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 repented | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 repented | punct |
| 23 | repented | repent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 do | advcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 mistrusted | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 mistrusted | mark |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 mistrusted | nsubj |
| 27 | mistrusted | mistrust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 saw | parataxis |
| 28 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Oberon | compound |
| 29 | Oberon | Oberon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 mistrusted | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 done | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 done | cc |
| 32 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 done | aux |
| 33 | gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 35 done | advmod |
| 34 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 done | aux |
| 35 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 mistrusted | conj |
| 36 | without | without | ADP | _ | 38 help | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 help | nmod:poss |
| 38 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 done | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | counsell | past · perfect | Provost | the blowing of the horn | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | Gerames | Huon | Provost nsubj; ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer huon=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | Huon not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | repent | participle | Huon not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | mistrust | past | Provost | King Oberon | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oberon=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | do | would · perfect | Provost not said here | without Provost's help; gladly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | blow | the horn | nom blowing «process transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | help | Provost | nom help «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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