Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 110
All that would not be baptized they slew, and among them the Admiral, who was stout in refusing to leave his false gods, and all that consented to be baptized he saved alive.
Who acts: horn, Admiral, that, God · What happens: not baptize, slay, be, refuse, not leave, consent · To what, where: that, things, false gods
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (horn, Admiral, that, God), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 baptized | det:predet |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 baptized | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 baptized | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 baptized | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 baptized | aux:pass |
| 6 | baptized | baptize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 slew | advcl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 slew | nsubj |
| 8 | slew | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 them | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 them | cc |
| 11 | among | among | ADP | _ | 12 them | case |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 slew | obj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Admiral | det |
| 14 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 them | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 stout | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 stout | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 stout | cop |
| 18 | stout | stout | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Admiral | conj |
| 19 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 20 refusing | mark |
| 20 | refusing | refuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 stout | advcl |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 leave | mark |
| 22 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 refusing | xcomp |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 gods | nmod:poss |
| 24 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 gods | amod |
| 25 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 leave | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 consented | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 consented | cc |
| 28 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 30 consented | det:predet |
| 29 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 consented | nsubj |
| 30 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 slew | conj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 baptized | mark |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 baptized | aux:pass |
| 33 | baptized | baptize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 consented | advcl |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 saved | nsubj |
| 35 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 baptized | ccomp |
| 36 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 saved | xcomp |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 slew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not baptize | would · passive | that | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | slay | past | horn | things = thing | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the Admiral | stout property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | refuse | gerund | the Admiral not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | not leave | to-infinitive | the Admiral not said here | Admiral's false gods | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | ||||
| 6 | consent | past | that | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | baptize | to-infinitive · passive | that not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | save | past | God | alive property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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