Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 8

After a while he spied a bason of gold, tied with a chain to a marble pillar; on this he struck three great strokes with his sword, for he said to himself, "If I may come to speech with some human creature 'twere better than dealing with these men of brass."

Who acts: Huon · What happens: spy, tie, strike, say, come, deal · To what, where: bason, three great strokes, this, Huon · 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 (Huon), 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	After	after	ADP	_	3 while	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 while	det
3	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spied	obl
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spied	nsubj
5	spied	spy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bason	det
7	bason	bason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spied	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 gold	case
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bason	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tied	punct
11	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bason	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 chain	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 chain	det
14	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	obl
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 pillar	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 pillar	det
17	marble	marble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 pillar	amod
18	pillar	pillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tied	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 struck	punct
20	on	on	ADP	_	21 this	case
21	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 struck	obl
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 struck	nsubj
23	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spied	conj
24	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 strokes	nummod
25	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 strokes	amod
26	strokes	stroke	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 struck	obj
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 sword	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 sword	nmod:poss
29	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 struck	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 said	punct
31	for	for	SCONJ	_	33 said	mark
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 said	nsubj
33	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 struck	conj
34	to	to	ADP	_	35 himself	case
35	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	33 said	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 come	punct
37	"	"	PUNCT	_	41 come	punct
38	If	if	SCONJ	_	41 come	mark
39	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	41 come	nsubj
40	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	41 come	aux
41	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 said	ccomp
42	to	to	PART	_	43 speech	mark
43	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 better	advcl
44	with	with	ADP	_	47 creature	case
45	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	47 creature	det
46	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 creature	amod
47	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 better	obl
48	'	'	PUNCT	_	47 creature	punct
49	twere	twere	ADV	_	50 better	advmod
50	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	41 come	parataxis
51	than	than	SCONJ	_	52 dealing	mark
52	dealing	deal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	50 better	advcl
53	with	with	ADP	_	55 men	case
54	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	55 men	det
55	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 dealing	obl
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 brass	case
57	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 men	nmod
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spied	punct
59	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 spied	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spy	past	Huon	a bason of gold			while		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bason=Stimulus
2	tie	participle		a bason of gold not said here				with a chain; to a marble pillar	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with chain=Co-Patient
3	strike	past	Huon	three great strokes		this		with Huon's sword	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stroke=Patient with sword=Instrument
4	say speech: assert	past	Huon		Huon				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient clause=Topic
5	come a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	may	Huon						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	deal in a quote	gerund	Huon not said here					with this men of brass	vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with man=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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 8