Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 16
He sends them to you for your sport, that on the feast of St. John Baptist you may set them bound to stakes in the meadow, and let the archers shoot at them, trying who shall shoot the best.
Who acts: King, that, archers, your · What happens: send, set, let, shoot, try, sport · To what, where: Gerames, you, best
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 (King, that, archers, your), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sends | nsubj |
| 2 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sends | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 you | case |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 sends | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 sport | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sport | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sends | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 set | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 set | nsubj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 feast | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 feast | det |
| 13 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 that | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 John | case |
| 15 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 John | nmod:desc |
| 16 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 feast | nmod |
| 17 | Baptist | Baptist | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 John | flat |
| 18 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 set | nsubj |
| 19 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 set | aux |
| 20 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sends | parataxis |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 set | obj |
| 22 | bound | bound | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 set | xcomp |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 stakes | case |
| 24 | stakes | stake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 bound | obl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 meadow | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 meadow | det |
| 27 | meadow | meadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 stakes | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 let | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 let | cc |
| 30 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 set | conj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 archers | det |
| 32 | archers | archer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 shoot | nsubj |
| 33 | shoot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 let | xcomp |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 them | case |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 shoot | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 trying | punct |
| 37 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 shoot | conj |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 shoot | nsubj |
| 39 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 shoot | aux |
| 40 | shoot | shoot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 trying | xcomp |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 best | det |
| 42 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 40 shoot | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 sends | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | King | Gerames = gerame | you | for your sport | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to you=Destination | ||
| 2 | set | may | that on the feast of John St. | Gerames = gerame | you nsubj; bound property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result | |||
| 3 | let | infinitive | that on the feast of John St. not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | shoot | present | the archers | at Gerames = gerame | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at they=Destination | ||||
| 5 | try | gerund | the archers not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | shoot not said to happen | shall | the best | who nsubj | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme | ||||
| 7 | sport | your | nom sport «act intransitive»: poss=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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