Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 6

When they were come to Babylon, Gerames led his company to the Admiral's palace, and went in and saluted him where he sat with his lords, saying, "Now may Mahomet, of whose gift both corn and wine come to the sons of men, preserve the Admiral Gaudys!" "

Who acts: Gerames, gift · What happens: come, lead, go in, salute, sit, say · To what, where: Gerames, Babylon, company, palace, Mahomet, Admiral Gaudys · 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 (Gerames, gift), 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 come	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux:pass
4	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 Babylon	case
6	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 led	punct
8	Gerames	Gerames	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 led	nsubj
9	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Babylon	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 company	nmod:poss
11	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 led	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	16 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Admiral	det
14	Admiral	Admiral	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 palace	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Admiral	case
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 led	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 went	cc
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 led	parataxis
20	in	in	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 saluted	cc
22	saluted	salute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 went	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 saluted	obj
24	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	26 sat	advmod
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 sat	nsubj
26	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 saluted	advcl
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 lords	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 lords	nmod:poss
29	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 sat	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 saying	punct
31	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	26 sat	advcl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 Mahomet	punct
33	"	"	PUNCT	_	36 Mahomet	punct
34	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	36 Mahomet	advmod
35	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	36 Mahomet	aux
36	Mahomet	Mahomet	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 saying	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 gift	punct
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 gift	case
39	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	40 gift	nmod:poss
40	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 come	nsubj
41	both	both	CCONJ	_	42 corn	cc:preconj
42	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 gift	conj
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 wine	cc
44	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 corn	conj
45	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 saying	parataxis
46	to	to	ADP	_	48 sons	case
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 sons	det
48	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 come	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 men	case
50	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 sons	nmod
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 preserve	punct
52	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 come	parataxis
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 Gaudys	det
54	Admiral	Admiral	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Gaudys	compound
55	Gaudys	Gaudys	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 preserve	obj
56	!	!	PUNCT	_	55 Gaudys	punct
57	"	"	PUNCT	_	55 Gaudys	punct
58	"	"	PUNCT	_	52 preserve	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past · passive		Gerames = gerame	Babylon			tree rules
2	lead	past	Gerames	Gerames's company		the Admiral's palace		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent company=Theme to palace=Destination
3	go in	past						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	salute	past		Gerames				vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
5	sit	past	Gerames				with Gerames's lords	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	say speech: express	gerund	Gerames not said here	Mahomet				tree rules
7	come in a quote	present	gift both corn and wine				to the sons of men	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to son=Initial_Location
8	preserve in a quote	infinitive			the Admiral Gaudys			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaudys=Beneficiary

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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Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 6