Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 124
So he said, "Fair lady, for fair you must be, seeing that you are so gracious, I thank you much for your kindness, nor will I refuse such service as you may find it in your heart to render me.
Who acts: Saracen, you · What happens: say, be, see, thank, refuse, find · To what, where: you, such service, service, heart, Saracen · 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 (Saracen, you), 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 | _ | 3 said | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lady | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 lady | punct |
| 6 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lady | amod |
| 7 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fair | punct |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 fair | case |
| 10 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | ccomp |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 be | nsubj |
| 12 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 be | aux |
| 13 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fair | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 seeing | punct |
| 15 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 said | advcl |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 20 gracious | mark |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 gracious | nsubj |
| 18 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 gracious | cop |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 gracious | advmod |
| 20 | gracious | gracious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 seeing | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 thank | punct |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 thank | nsubj |
| 23 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | parataxis |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 23 thank | obj |
| 25 | much | much | ADV | _ | 23 thank | advmod |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 kindness | case |
| 27 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 kindness | nmod:poss |
| 28 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 thank | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 refuse | punct |
| 30 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 33 refuse | cc |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 refuse | aux |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 refuse | nsubj |
| 33 | refuse | refuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 thank | conj |
| 34 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 service | amod |
| 35 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 refuse | obj |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 find | mark |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 find | nsubj |
| 38 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 find | aux |
| 39 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 refuse | advcl |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 find | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 heart | case |
| 42 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 heart | nmod:poss |
| 43 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 find | obl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 render | mark |
| 45 | render | render | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 find | advcl |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 render | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Saracen | Fair lady ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | be in a quote | must | you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see in a quote | gerund | Saracen not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | you | gracious property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | thank speech: thank in a quote | present | Saracen | you | for your kindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for kindness=Attribute | |||
| 6 | refuse in a quote | future | Saracen | such service | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | ||||
| 7 | find in a quote | may | you | service | your heart | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 8 | render in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | Saracen | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
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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