Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 52
And if gratitude be lacking, then I will say this also; if any man will come forth to fight in single combat with this giant, to him will I give my daughter Esclairmonde in marriage, and after my death he shall have all my lands for his inheritance."
Who acts: gratitude, I, man, my · What happens: lack, say, come, fight, give, have · To what, where: this, single combat, daughter, gratitude, marriage, lands · 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 (gratitude, I, man, my), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lacking | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 lacking | mark |
| 3 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lacking | nsubj |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 lacking | aux |
| 5 | lacking | lack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 say | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 say | advmod |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 say | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 say | aux |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 lacking | parataxis |
| 11 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 say | obj |
| 12 | also | also | ADV | _ | 10 say | advmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 come | punct |
| 14 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 18 come | mark |
| 15 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 man | det |
| 16 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 come | nsubj |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 come | aux |
| 18 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 say | ccomp |
| 19 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 18 come | advmod |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 fight | mark |
| 21 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 come | advcl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 combat | case |
| 23 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 combat | amod |
| 24 | combat | combat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fight | obl |
| 25 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 27 giant | mark |
| 26 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 giant | nsubj |
| 27 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 fight | advcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 give | punct |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 him | case |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 give | obl |
| 31 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 give | aux |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 give | nsubj |
| 33 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 come | conj |
| 34 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 35 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 give | obj |
| 36 | Esclairmonde | Esclairmonde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 daughter | appos |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 marriage | case |
| 38 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 give | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 have | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 have | cc |
| 41 | after | after | ADP | _ | 43 death | case |
| 42 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 death | nmod:poss |
| 43 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 have | obl |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 have | nsubj |
| 45 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 have | aux |
| 46 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 come | conj |
| 47 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 49 lands | det:predet |
| 48 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 lands | nmod:poss |
| 49 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 have | obj |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 inheritance | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 inheritance | nmod:poss |
| 52 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 lands | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lacking | punct |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 lacking | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lack | infinitive · progressive | gratitude | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | future | I | this | then | tree rules | |||
| 3 | come a condition, not said to happen | future | any man | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | fight | to-infinitive | any man not said here | single combat | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | give | future | I | my daughter | gratitude | marriage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to he=Recipient | ||
| 6 | have | shall | gratitude | my lands | after my death | for gratitude's inheritance | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient | ||
| 7 | die | my | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | inherit | gratitude | nom inheritance «act 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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