Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 45
I see," said the giant, "that you are a worthy knight; now that you have proved the armour, deliver it to me again." "
Who acts: I, you · What happens: see, say, be, prove, deliver · To what, where: giant, worthy knight, armour, me · 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 (I, 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 see | nsubj |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 see | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 see | parataxis |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 giant | det |
| 7 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 knight | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 knight | punct |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 knight | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 knight | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 knight | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 knight | det |
| 14 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 knight | amod |
| 15 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | ccomp |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 proved | punct |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 21 proved | advmod |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 proved | mark |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 proved | nsubj |
| 20 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 proved | aux |
| 21 | proved | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 see | parataxis |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 armour | det |
| 23 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 proved | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 deliver | punct |
| 25 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 proved | ccomp |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 deliver | obj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 me | case |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 deliver | obl |
| 29 | again | again | ADV | _ | 25 deliver | advmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 see | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 see | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | the giant | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent giant=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | you | a worthy knight | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | prove | present · perfect | you | the armour | now | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent armour=Attribute clause=Theme | |||
| 5 | deliver | infinitive | you not said here | armour | me | again | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to i=Destination |
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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