Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 48
This, done, he himself sat down in the Admiral's chair, and said, "My will is that you pay me the tribute that you were wont to pay my brother, for that which was his has by right come to me.
Who acts: villain, you, tribute, that · What happens: do, sit down, say, be, pay, have · To what, where: This, chair, villain, 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 (villain, you, tribute, that), 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 done | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 done | punct |
| 3 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 sat | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 done | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sat | nsubj |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 5 he | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 sat | compound:prt |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 chair | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Admiral | det |
| 11 | Admiral | Admiral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 chair | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Admiral | case |
| 13 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 said | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 said | cc |
| 16 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sat | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 said | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 will | punct |
| 19 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 will | nmod:poss |
| 20 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 said | ccomp |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 pay | cop |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 pay | mark |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 pay | nsubj |
| 24 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 will | conj |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 pay | iobj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 tribute | det |
| 27 | tribute | tribute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 pay | obj |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 wont | nsubj |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 31 wont | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 wont | cop |
| 31 | wont | wont | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 tribute | acl:relcl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 pay | mark |
| 33 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 wont | advcl |
| 34 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 brother | nmod:poss |
| 35 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 pay | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 that | punct |
| 37 | for | for | ADP | _ | 38 that | case |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 42 has | nsubj |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 his | nsubj |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 his | cop |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 that | appos |
| 42 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 pay | conj |
| 43 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 45 come | mark |
| 44 | right | right | ADV | _ | 45 come | advmod |
| 45 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 has | xcomp |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 me | case |
| 47 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 come | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle · passive | This | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | sit down | past | villain | the Admiral's chair | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | villain not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | you | villain | the tribute obj; pay property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is in a quote | past | the tribute | you nsubj; wont property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | pay in a quote | to-infinitive | the tribute not said here | my brother | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Asset | ||||
| 7 | is a in a quote | past | villain | which nsubj | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | have in a quote | present | that | tree rules | |||||
| 9 | come in a quote | infinitive | that not said here | villain | right property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial_Location |
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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