Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 51
When the Admiral heard these words, he said to his knights, "Now is the time that you may requite all the kindness that I have done you, and all the gifts which I have given you.
Who acts: Admiral, time · What happens: hear, say, be, requite, do, give · To what, where: words, knights, time, kindness, gifts · 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, time), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 heard | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Admiral | det |
| 3 | Admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heard | nsubj |
| 4 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | advcl |
| 5 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 words | det |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 heard | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heard | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 knights | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 knights | nmod:poss |
| 12 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 said | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 time | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 time | punct |
| 15 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 time | advmod |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 time | cop |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 time | det |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obl |
| 19 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 requite | nsubj |
| 20 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 requite | nsubj |
| 21 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 requite | aux |
| 22 | requite | requite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 time | acl:relcl |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 kindness | det:predet |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 kindness | det |
| 25 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 requite | obj |
| 26 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 done | obj |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 done | nsubj |
| 28 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 done | aux |
| 29 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 kindness | acl:relcl |
| 30 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 done | iobj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 given | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 given | cc |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 gifts | det:predet |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 gifts | det |
| 35 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 given | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 given | nsubj |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 given | nsubj |
| 38 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 given | aux |
| 39 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 said | conj |
| 40 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 39 given | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the Admiral | this words | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Admiral | Admiral's knights | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to knight=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the time | now | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | requite in a quote | may | the time | all kindness | you nsubj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | do in a quote | present · perfect | Admiral | all kindness | Admiral's knights = knight | tree rules | |||
| 6 | give in a quote | present · perfect · passive | all gifts | which nsubj; I nsubj; you obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient you=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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