Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 50
If they can overcome me, then shall you and your land be free of your tax; but if I overcome them, then shall you pay the double."
Who acts: men, you, I, your · What happens: overcome, be, pay, tax · To what, where: me, men, double
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 (men, you, I, 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 overcome | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 overcome | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 overcome | aux |
| 4 | overcome | overcome | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 overcome | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 free | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 free | advmod |
| 8 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 free | aux |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 free | nsubj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 land | cc |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 land | nmod:poss |
| 12 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 you | conj |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 free | cop |
| 14 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 overcome | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 tax | case |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 tax | nmod:poss |
| 17 | tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 free | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 pay | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 pay | cc |
| 20 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 22 overcome | mark |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 overcome | nsubj |
| 22 | overcome | overcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 pay | advcl |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 overcome | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 overcome | punct |
| 25 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 pay | advmod |
| 26 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 pay | aux |
| 27 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 pay | nsubj |
| 28 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 overcome | conj |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 double | det |
| 30 | double | double | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 pay | obj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 overcome | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 overcome | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overcome | can | men = man | me | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | shall | you | then | of your tax; free property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | overcome a condition, not said to happen | present | I | men = man | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pay | shall | you | the double | then | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent double=Asset | |||
| 5 | tax | your | nom tax «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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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