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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 33

Gerames made no answer, doubting what might be in the damsel's heart, and fearing that it might be a device for discovering the truth concerning himself.

Who acts: Gerames, answer, device, truth · What happens: make, doubt, be, fear, discover, concern · To what, where: answer, heart, device, truth, Huon · 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 (Gerames, answer, device, truth), 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

nsubjdetobjpunctadvclnsubjauxcopcasedetnmod:posscaseccomppunctccadvclmarknsubjauxcopdetccompmarkacldetobjaclobjpunctrootGeramesNOUNmadeVERBnoDETanswerNOUN,PUNCTdoubtingVERBwhatPRONmightAUXbeAUXinADPtheDETdamselNOUN'sPARTheartNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJfearingVERBthatSCONJitPRONmightAUXbeAUXaDETdeviceNOUNforSCONJdiscoveringVERBtheDETtruthNOUNconcerningVERBhimselfPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GeramesgerameNOUNNumber=Plur2 madensubj
2mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg4 answerdet
4answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing2 madeobj
5,,PUNCT_6 doubtingpunct
6doubtingdoubtVERBVerbForm=Ger2 madeadvcl
7whatwhatPRONPronType=Int14 heartnsubj
8mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin14 heartaux
9bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf14 heartcop
10ininADP_14 heartcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 damseldet
12damseldamselNOUNNumber=Sing14 heartnmod:poss
13's'sPART_12 damselcase
14heartheartNOUNNumber=Sing6 doubtingccomp
15,,PUNCT_17 fearingpunct
16andandCCONJ_17 fearingcc
17fearingfearVERBVerbForm=Ger2 madeadvcl
18thatthatSCONJ_23 devicemark
19ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 devicensubj
20mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin23 deviceaux
21bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf23 devicecop
22aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art23 devicedet
23devicedeviceNOUNNumber=Sing17 fearingccomp
24forforSCONJ_25 discoveringmark
25discoveringdiscoverVERBVerbForm=Ger23 deviceacl
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 truthdet
27truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing25 discoveringobj
28concerningconcernVERBVerbForm=Ger27 truthacl
29himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes28 concerningobj
30..PUNCT_2 madepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepastGeramesno answervn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset answer=Product
2doubtgerundGerames not said herevn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3ismightthe damsel's heartwhat nsubj; the damsel nmod:posstree rules
4feargerundGerames not said herevn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5is amightanswera devicetree rules
6discovergerunda device not said herethe truthvn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic
7concerngerundthe truth not said hereHuonvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer

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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