Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 122
Also the palace in which he dwelt at Aachen was shaken by earthquakes, and in the Church which he himself had founded there happened this portent, that the word PRINCEPS, in the inscription which recorded this his munificence, so faded away that it could no longer be read.
Who acts: Huon, earthquakes, inscription · What happens: dwell, shake, found, happen, record, fade away · To what, where: palace, Church, portent, munificence
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 (Huon, earthquakes, inscription), 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 | Also | also | ADV | _ | 11 shaken | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 palace | det |
| 3 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shaken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 dwelt | obl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dwelt | nsubj |
| 7 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 palace | acl:relcl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Aachen | case |
| 9 | Aachen | Aachen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 dwelt | obl |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 shaken | aux:pass |
| 11 | shaken | shake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 earthquakes | case |
| 13 | earthquakes | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 shaken | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 founded | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 founded | cc |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Church | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Church | det |
| 18 | Church | Church | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 founded | obl |
| 19 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 founded | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 founded | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 20 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 founded | aux |
| 23 | founded | found | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 happened | nsubj |
| 24 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 founded | advmod |
| 25 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 shaken | conj |
| 26 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 portent | det |
| 27 | portent | portent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 happened | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 word | punct |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 word | mark |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 word | det |
| 31 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 happened | obl |
| 32 | PRINCEPS | PRINCEPS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 word | appos |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 inscription | punct |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 inscription | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 inscription | det |
| 36 | inscription | inscription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 word | appos |
| 37 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 recorded | nsubj |
| 38 | recorded | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 inscription | acl:relcl |
| 39 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 41 munificence | det |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 munificence | nmod:poss |
| 41 | munificence | munificence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 recorded | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 faded | punct |
| 43 | so | so | ADV | _ | 44 faded | advmod |
| 44 | faded | fade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 inscription | parataxis |
| 45 | away | away | ADV | _ | 44 faded | advmod |
| 46 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 read | mark |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 read | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 read | aux |
| 49 | no | no | ADV | _ | 50 longer | advmod |
| 50 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 52 read | advmod |
| 51 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 52 read | aux:pass |
| 52 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 faded | advcl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 shaken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dwell | past | Huon | the palace | at Aachen | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | |||
| 2 | shake | past · passive | earthquakes | the palace | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | found | past · perfect · passive | the Church; there | which nsubj:pass; Huon nsubj:pass | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | happen | past | this portent | the word obl | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | record | past | the inscription | Huon's munificence | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent munificence=Theme | ||||
| 6 | fade away | participle | away property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 7 | read | could · passive | palace | long property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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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