Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 88
Hear, therefore, the message that he sends: 'Turn from your false gods; confess the faith of Christ; acknowledge that you hold your kingdom of me; and send me for token your royal sceptre.
Who acts: Huon, you · What happens: send, turn, confess, acknowledge, hold · To what, where: message, faith, kingdom, royal sceptre, me
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, 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 | Hear | hear | INTJ | _ | 6 message | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Hear | punct |
| 3 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 6 message | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 therefore | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 message | det |
| 6 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 sends | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sends | nsubj |
| 9 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 message | acl:relcl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 Turn | punct |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 Turn | punct |
| 12 | Turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sends | ccomp |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 gods | case |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 gods | nmod:poss |
| 15 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 gods | amod |
| 16 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Turn | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 confess | punct |
| 18 | confess | confess | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 Turn | parataxis |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 faith | det |
| 20 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 confess | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Christ | case |
| 22 | Christ | Christ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 faith | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 acknowledge | punct |
| 24 | acknowledge | acknowledge | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 18 confess | conj |
| 25 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 hold | mark |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 27 hold | nsubj |
| 27 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 acknowledge | advcl |
| 28 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 29 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 hold | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 me | case |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 kingdom | nmod |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 send | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 send | cc |
| 34 | send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 message | parataxis |
| 35 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 send | iobj |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 token | case |
| 37 | token | token | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 send | obl |
| 38 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 sceptre | nmod:poss |
| 39 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 sceptre | amod |
| 40 | sceptre | sceptre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 send | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 message | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | Huon | the message not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | turn | infinitive | Huon not said here | from your false gods | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from god=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | confess | infinitive | the faith of Christ | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Topic | |||||
| 4 | acknowledge | infinitive | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | hold | present | you | your kingdom of me | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | ||||
| 6 | send | infinitive | your royal sceptre | me | for token | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination sceptre=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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