Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 22
Such was his anger that he had much ado to keep himself from running at the Admiral to slay him; but with a staff that he had, he smote the false prisoners that he had so hardly that the blood ran down.
Who acts: Such, much ado, staff, blood · What happens: be, have, keep, run, slay, smite · To what, where: anger, much ado, Such, Admiral, staff, false prisoners
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 (Such, much ado, staff, blood), 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 | Such | Such | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 anger | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 anger | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 anger | nmod:poss |
| 4 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 had | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 anger | acl:relcl |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ado | amod |
| 9 | ado | ado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 keep | mark |
| 11 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 had | xcomp |
| 12 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 keep | obj |
| 13 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 14 running | mark |
| 14 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 keep | advcl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 Admiral | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Admiral | det |
| 17 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 running | obl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 slay | mark |
| 19 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 running | advcl |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 slay | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 smote | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 smote | cc |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 staff | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 staff | det |
| 25 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 smote | nsubj |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 had | mark |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 had | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 staff | acl:relcl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 staff | punct |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 smote | nsubj |
| 31 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 anger | conj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 prisoners | det |
| 33 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 prisoners | amod |
| 34 | prisoners | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 smote | obj |
| 35 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 had | mark |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 had | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 smote | advcl |
| 38 | so | so | ADV | _ | 39 hardly | advmod |
| 39 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 37 had | advmod |
| 40 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 ran | mark |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 blood | det |
| 42 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 ran | nsubj |
| 43 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 hardly | advcl |
| 44 | down | down | ADV | _ | 43 ran | advmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 anger | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Such | Such's anger | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | past | Such | much ado | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep | to-infinitive | much ado not said here | Such | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ||||
| 4 | run | gerund | much ado not said here | the Admiral | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at admiral=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | slay | to-infinitive | much ado not said here | Such | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 6 | have | past | staff | a staff not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Patient | ||||
| 7 | smite | past | a staff | the false prisoners | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prisoner=Experiencer | ||||
| 8 | have | past | staff | hardly property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | run down | past | the blood | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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