Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 27
As they went, they met the Lady Esclairmonde, who said, "Cousin, I am right glad of your coming, and now let me tell you of a private matter, if you will promise to keep it secret." "
Who acts: words, Lady Esclairmonde, none, your, you · What happens: go, meet, say, be, come, let · To what, where: Lady Esclairmonde, Cousin, none, you, Esclairmonde · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (words, Lady Esclairmonde, none, 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 went | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 met | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 met | nsubj |
| 6 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Esclairmonde | det |
| 8 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Esclairmonde | compound |
| 9 | Esclairmonde | Esclairmonde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 said | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 Esclairmonde | advcl:relcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Cousin | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 Cousin | punct |
| 15 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 said | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 glad | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 glad | nsubj |
| 18 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 glad | cop |
| 19 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 glad | amod |
| 20 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 met | parataxis |
| 21 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 23 coming | mark |
| 22 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 coming | nsubj |
| 23 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 glad | advcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 let | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 let | cc |
| 26 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 27 let | advmod |
| 27 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 20 glad | parataxis |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 let | obj |
| 29 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 let | xcomp |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 tell | iobj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 matter | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 matter | det |
| 33 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 matter | amod |
| 34 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 tell | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 promise | punct |
| 36 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 39 promise | mark |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 promise | nsubj |
| 38 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 promise | aux |
| 39 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 let | parataxis |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 keep | mark |
| 41 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 promise | xcomp |
| 42 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 keep | obj |
| 43 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 keep | xcomp |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 promise | punct |
| 45 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 promise | punct |
| 46 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 met | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | words = word | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | meet | past | words = word | the Lady Esclairmonde | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Lady Esclairmonde | Cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | none of Frenchmen = none | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | come in a quote | gerund | your | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | let in a quote | infinitive | none of Frenchmen = none | now | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | none of Frenchmen = none not said here | you | of a private matter | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | |||
| 8 | promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | future | you | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 9 | keep not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | Esclairmonde | secret property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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