Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 47
Friend," said the giant again, "if you will but deliver to me the armour, I will let you depart hence without harm; also I will give you a ring of gold which I had of this same Admiral of Babylon.
Who acts: Friend, I, you · What happens: say, deliver, let, depart, give, have · To what, where: armour, me, you, ring · 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 (Friend, 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 | Friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Friend | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Friend | punct |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 giant | det |
| 6 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | xcomp |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 giant | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 deliver | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 deliver | punct |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 will | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 will | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 deliver | aux |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 deliver | cc |
| 14 | deliver | deliver | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 me | case |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 deliver | obl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 armour | det |
| 18 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 deliver | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 let | punct |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 let | nsubj |
| 21 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 let | aux |
| 22 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 14 deliver | conj |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 let | obj |
| 24 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 let | xcomp |
| 25 | hence | hence | ADV | _ | 24 depart | advmod |
| 26 | without | without | ADP | _ | 27 harm | case |
| 27 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 depart | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 give | punct |
| 29 | also | also | ADV | _ | 32 give | advmod |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 give | nsubj |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 give | aux |
| 32 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 let | conj |
| 33 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 32 give | iobj |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 ring | det |
| 35 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 give | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 gold | case |
| 37 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 ring | nmod |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 had | obj |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 40 had | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 ring | acl:relcl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Admiral | case |
| 42 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 Admiral | det |
| 43 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 Admiral | amod |
| 44 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 had | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Babylon | case |
| 46 | Babylon | Babylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Admiral | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Friend | giant property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | deliver | future | the armour | me | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent armour=Theme to i=Destination | ||||
| 3 | let | future | I | you | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | depart | infinitive | you not said here | without harm; hence property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | give | future | I | a ring of gold | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient ring=Theme | |||
| 6 | have | past | I | a ring of gold | of this same Admiral of Babylon | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |
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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