Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 97
The Admiral said to his lords, "What shall we do with this fellow?" and the lords answered with one voice, "Let him be slain forthwith."
Who acts: Admiral, we, lords · What happens: say, do, answer, let, be · To what, where: lords, 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 (Admiral, we, lords), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Admiral | det |
| 2 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 lords | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lords | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 said | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 9 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 do | obj |
| 10 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 do | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 fellow | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 fellow | det |
| 15 | fellow | fellow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 answered | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 lords | det |
| 20 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 answered | nsubj |
| 21 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 voice | case |
| 23 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 voice | nummod |
| 24 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 answered | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Let | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Let | punct |
| 27 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 Let | obj |
| 29 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 30 slain | cop |
| 30 | slain | slain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 forthwith | amod |
| 31 | forthwith | forthwith | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 Let | xcomp |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 Let | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 27 Let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | past | the Admiral | Huon's lords | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | shall | we | with this fellow; What obj | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | answer speech: assert | past | the lords | with one voice | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | let in a quote | infinitive | Huon | forthwith property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is in a quote | infinitive | slain property | tree rules |
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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