Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon Returned, His Errand Fulfilled, sentence 65
Also I will give into your hands a present for the King; I will engage also to send him year by year a like present for head money; also I will bind myself to serve him with such a host as he may require.
Who acts: I, Admiral · What happens: give, engage, send, bind, serve, require · To what, where: present, hands, like present, Admiral, myself
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 (I, Admiral), 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 | Also | also | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 hands | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hands | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 present | det |
| 9 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 King | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 present | nmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 engage | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 engage | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 engage | aux |
| 16 | engage | engage | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 give | conj |
| 17 | also | also | ADV | _ | 16 engage | advmod |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 send | mark |
| 19 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 engage | xcomp |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 send | obj |
| 21 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 send | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 year | case |
| 23 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 send | obl |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 present | det |
| 25 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 present | amod |
| 26 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 send | obj |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 money | case |
| 28 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 money | compound |
| 29 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 present | nmod |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 bind | punct |
| 31 | also | also | ADV | _ | 34 bind | advmod |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 bind | nsubj |
| 33 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 bind | aux |
| 34 | bind | bind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 give | conj |
| 35 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 34 bind | obj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 serve | mark |
| 37 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 bind | advcl |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 serve | obj |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 host | case |
| 40 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 42 host | det:predet |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 host | det |
| 42 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 serve | obl |
| 43 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 require | mark |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 require | nsubj |
| 45 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 require | aux |
| 46 | require | require | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 serve | advcl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | future | I | a present | your hands | for the King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent present=Theme for king=Asset | ||
| 2 | engage | future | I | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | send | to-infinitive | I not said here | a like present | Admiral | year | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination present=Theme | ||
| 4 | bind | future | I | myself | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | ||||
| 5 | serve | to-infinitive | I not said here | Admiral | with such host | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with host=Theme | |||
| 6 | require | may | Admiral | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=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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