Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 70
Being now in the very middle of the palace, he bethought him, "There are doubtless many Saracens in this place, and I only a Christian. '
Who acts: straightway, doubtless many Saracens · What happens: be, bethink · To what, where: middle, porter
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 (straightway, doubtless many Saracens), 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 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 middle | cop |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 middle | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 middle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 middle | det |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 middle | advmod |
| 6 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bethought | advcl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 middle | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 middle | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 bethought | nsubj |
| 12 | bethought | bethink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 bethought | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 are | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 are | punct |
| 16 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 17 are | expl |
| 17 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 bethought | conj |
| 18 | doubtless | doubtless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Saracens | amod |
| 19 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Saracens | amod |
| 20 | Saracens | saracen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 are | nsubj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 place | case |
| 22 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 place | det |
| 23 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 Saracens | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Christian | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 Christian | cc |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 Christian | nsubj |
| 27 | only | only | ADV | _ | 29 Christian | advmod |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 Christian | det |
| 29 | Christian | Christian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 bethought | parataxis |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 Christian | punct |
| 31 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 29 Christian | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | straightway not said here | the middle | now | of the palace | tree rules | ||
| 2 | bethink | past | straightway | porter | a Christian I parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 3 | does in a quote | present | doubtless many Saracens in this place | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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