Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 125
Many years after, the chamber having been opened, the body of the Emperor was found seated on a throne as if he yet lived, clothed with imperial robes, bearing on his head the crown, and grasping the sceptre in his hand, while by his side lay his sword Joyous, and on his knees was a book of the Gospels.
Who acts: chamber, Charlemagne, grasping · What happens: have, open, find, seat, live, clothe · To what, where: chamber, throne, head, sceptre, hand, sword
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 (chamber, Charlemagne, grasping), 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 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 years | amod |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 found | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | after | after | ADV | _ | 2 years | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chamber | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chamber | det |
| 6 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 found | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 chamber | acl |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 opened | aux:pass |
| 9 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 having | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 body | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 body | det |
| 12 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chamber | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Emperor | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Emperor | det |
| 15 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 body | nmod |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 found | aux:pass |
| 17 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 18 | seated | seat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 found | xcomp |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 throne | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 throne | det |
| 21 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 seated | obl |
| 22 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 26 lived | mark |
| 23 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 26 lived | mark |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 lived | nsubj |
| 25 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 26 lived | advmod |
| 26 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 seated | advcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 clothed | punct |
| 28 | clothed | clothe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 found | conj |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 robes | case |
| 30 | imperial | imperial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 robes | amod |
| 31 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 clothed | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 bearing | punct |
| 33 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 clothed | advcl |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 head | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 head | nmod:poss |
| 36 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bearing | obl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 crown | det |
| 38 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 head | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 lay | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 lay | cc |
| 41 | grasping | grasp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 lay | csubj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 sceptre | det |
| 43 | sceptre | sceptre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 grasping | obj |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 hand | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 hand | nmod:poss |
| 46 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 grasping | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 lay | punct |
| 48 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 52 lay | mark |
| 49 | by | by | ADP | _ | 51 side | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 side | nmod:poss |
| 51 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 lay | obl |
| 52 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 found | conj |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 sword | nmod:poss |
| 54 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 lay | obj |
| 55 | Joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 lay | xcomp |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 book | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 book | cc |
| 58 | on | on | ADP | _ | 60 knees | case |
| 59 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 knees | nmod:poss |
| 60 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 63 book | obl |
| 61 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 book | cop |
| 62 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 63 book | det |
| 63 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 lay | obl |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 66 Gospels | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 Gospels | det |
| 66 | Gospels | Gospel | PROPN | Number=Plur | 63 book | nmod |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | the chamber and the body of the Emperor not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | open | participle · passive | the chamber and the body of the Emperor not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V» | |||||
| 3 | find | past · passive | the chamber and the body of the Emperor | year | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 4 | seat | participle | the chamber and the body of the Emperor not said here | a throne | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | ||||
| 5 | live | past | Charlemagne | yet | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | clothe | participle | with imperial robes | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | bear | gerund | Charlemagne's head and the crown | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | grasp | gerund | the sceptre | Charlemagne's hand | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sceptre=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | lie | past | grasping | Charlemagne's sword | by Charlemagne's side; joyous property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme | |||
| 10 | is a | past | a book | Charlemagne's knees | of the Gospels | 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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