Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 108

When the old councillor heard these things, he said to the Admiral, "Sir, we ought to thank this man rather than harm him, seeing that he has slain the giant that was wont to do us so much mischief."

Who acts: old councillor, councillor, giant · What happens: hear, say, thank, harm, see, slay · To what, where: things, Admiral, man, councillor, giant, much mischief · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old councillor, councillor, giant), 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	5 heard	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 councillor	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 councillor	amod
4	councillor	councillor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heard	nsubj
5	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	advcl
6	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	7 things	det
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 heard	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 heard	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 Admiral	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Admiral	det
13	Admiral	admiral	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Sir	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 Sir	punct
16	Sir	Sir	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 thank	vocative
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ought	punct
18	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 ought	nsubj
19	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 thank	aux
20	to	to	PART	_	21 thank	mark
21	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
22	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 man	det
23	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 thank	obj
24	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	26 harm	cc
25	than	than	ADP	_	24 rather	fixed
26	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 man	conj
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 harm	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 seeing	punct
29	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 thank	advcl
30	that	that	SCONJ	_	33 slain	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 slain	nsubj
32	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 slain	aux
33	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 seeing	ccomp
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 giant	det
35	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 slain	obj
36	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 wont	nsubj
37	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 wont	cop
38	wont	wont	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 giant	acl:relcl
39	to	to	PART	_	40 do	mark
40	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 wont	xcomp
41	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 do	iobj
42	so	so	ADV	_	43 much	advmod
43	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 mischief	amod
44	mischief	mischief	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 do	obj
45	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 thank	punct
46	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 thank	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past	the old councillor	this things			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	councillor		the Admiral		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to admiral=Recipient clause=Topic
3	thank speech: thank in a quote	ought			this man	Sir vocative	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
4	harm in a quote	infinitive		councillor			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
5	see in a quote	gerund					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
6	slay in a quote	present · perfect	councillor	the giant			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient
7	is in a quote	past	the giant			wont property	tree rules
8	do in a quote	to-infinitive	the giant not said here	much mischief	us		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, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 108