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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 46

Now the Admiral was sitting at dinner when he came, and the giant came to the table, and said, "You are a false traitor, for you harbour a villain that by some foul means slew my brother Angolafer."

Who acts: Admiral, giant, You, villain · What happens: sit, come, say, be, harbour, mean · To what, where: dinner, table, false traitor, brother · 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 (Admiral, giant, You, villain), 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

advmoddetnsubjauxadvclcaseobladvmodnsubjpunctccdetnsubjparataxiscasedetoblpunctccparataxispunctpunctnsubjcopdetamodccomppunctmarknsubjconjdetnsubjnsubjcasedetoblacl:relclccompnmod:possobjappospunctpunctrootNowADVtheDETAdmiralNOUNwasAUXsittingVERBatADPdinnerNOUNwhenADVhePRONcameVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETgiantADJcameVERBtoADPtheDETtableNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJsaidVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTYouPRONareAUXaDETfalseADJtraitorNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJyouPRONharbourVERBaDETvillainNOUNthatPRONbyADPsomeDETfoulNOUNmeansVERBslewVERBmyPRONbrotherNOUNAngolaferPROPN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NownowADVPronType=Dem5 sittingadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Admiraldet
3AdmiraladmiralNOUNNumber=Sing5 sittingnsubj
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 sittingaux
5sittingsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 cameadvcl
6atatADP_7 dinnercase
7dinnerdinnerNOUNNumber=Sing5 sittingobl
8whenwhenADVPronType=Int10 cameadvmod
9hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 camensubj
10camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11,,PUNCT_15 camepunct
12andandCCONJ_15 camecc
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 giantdet
14giantgiantADJDegree=Pos15 camensubj
15camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 cameparataxis
16totoADP_18 tablecase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 tabledet
18tabletableNOUNNumber=Sing15 cameobl
19,,PUNCT_21 saidpunct
20andandCCONJ_21 saidcc
21saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 cameparataxis
22,,PUNCT_28 traitorpunct
23""PUNCT_28 traitorpunct
24YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs28 traitornsubj
25arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin28 traitorcop
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 traitordet
27falsefalseADJDegree=Pos28 traitoramod
28traitortraitorNOUNNumber=Sing21 saidccomp
29,,PUNCT_32 harbourpunct
30forforSCONJ_32 harbourmark
31youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs32 harbournsubj
32harbourharbourVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 saidconj
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 villaindet
34villainvillainNOUNNumber=Sing40 slewnsubj
35thatthatPRONPronType=Rel39 meansnsubj
36bybyADP_38 foulcase
37somesomeDETPronType=Ind38 fouldet
38foulfoulNOUNNumber=Sing39 meansobl
39meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin34 villainacl:relcl
40slewslayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin32 harbourccomp
41mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 brothernmod:poss
42brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing40 slewobj
43AngolaferAngolaferPROPNNumber=Sing42 brotherappos
44..PUNCT_10 camepunct
45""PUNCT_10 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitpast · progressivethe Admiraldinnernowvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location
2comepastAdmiralvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3comepastthe giantthe tablevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to table=Initial_Location
4say speech: assertpastvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5is a in a quotepresentYoua false traitortree rules
6harbour in a quotepresentyoutree rules
7mean in a quotepresenta villainby some foulvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
8slay in a quotepasta villainmy brothervn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient

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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